{"nrhp_refnum":"06000705","name":"Brightly","other_names":["037-0004"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2844 River Rd W","address_restricted":false,"city":"Goochland","county":"Goochland County","state":"VA","lat":37.67694370050006,"lon":-77.88254495314452,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-08-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Brightly is an antebellum farm complex on River Road West (Route 6) just south of the courthouse village of Goochland, Goochland County, Virginia. It centers on a ca. 1842 Greek Revival brick house with eight outbuildings, a windmill, a cemetery and gate posts with a hedge.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is significant under Criterion C for architecture as a remarkably complete antebellum farm complex. Its carefully crafted Greek Revival house and orderly cross-axis of outbuildings convey the feel of a plantation \"village.\" A 2003 county survey calls its outbuildings probably the best antebellum collection in Goochland County, and the pair of slave dwellings joined by a shared chimney is especially rare.","narrative":"Brightly is an antebellum farm complex just south of the courthouse village of Goochland, Virginia. Its centerpiece is a ca. 1842 Greek Revival brick house, three bays wide with a central passage, finely laid brickwork on the facade, a Doric entry porch and pattern-book interior trim. Around it stand a row of mid-19th-century outbuildings, including a privy, granary and chicken house, along with a late-19th-century farm manager's house, a ca. 1920 barn, a ca. 1930 well house and windmill, a small cemetery, and brick gate posts dated 1842 and 1956. A pair of frame slave quarters joined by a shared chimney is among the rarest survivals. The house was built for local physician George Harris, and the Omohundro family, who owned it from 1915 to 1960, carried out a major renovation. The complex was recognized for architecture because the house and its outbuildings together preserve the character of a Virginia plantation village, with a period of significance of 1842 to 1956.","period_of_significance":"1842-1956","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century/Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Current functions are listed as a single dwelling with secondary structures; the secondary dwelling is used as a guest house and the privy is described as in good condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.516258-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/63/6809/41680963/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/06000705.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000705/1541567a11-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000705/1541567a11-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brightly_with_hedge.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brightly_with_hedge.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680963","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brightly","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4967547"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/goochland-county/brightly-06000705/"}