{"nrhp_refnum":"06000755","name":"Rose Cliff","other_names":["Rose Cliff Fruit Farm","VDHR File No. 136-5049-0029 and 136-5051"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"835 Oak Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waynesboro (Independent City)","county":"Waynesboro","state":"VA","lat":38.06204383900007,"lon":-78.90229787699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-08-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, three-bay brick Greek Revival farmhouse at 835 Oak Avenue in Waynesboro, Virginia, above the South River, built circa 1850 and probably constructed by William Brooks.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be significant under Criterion A for agriculture, as the center of the Rose Cliff Fruit Farm, an early commercial apple operation in the Valley. It is also significant under Criterion C as one of the few surviving and finest Greek Revival dwellings in Waynesboro, with little change to its original fabric.","narrative":"Rose Cliff is a brick farmhouse built around 1850 on about 1.5 acres above the South River in Waynesboro, Virginia. It has two stories, three bays, a central passage and double-pile plan, a hipped standing-seam metal roof and a long front porch facing the river. Inside, fluted pilasters, corner-block trim and a turned-baluster stair reflect Greek Revival taste. The house was probably built by William Brooks, who bought the plantation in 1822. Later it became the center of Rose Cliff Fruit Farm, run by James Craig from 1893, which shipped Albemarle Pippin and other apples by rail to Richmond, New York City and markets in Great Britain. The orchard was subdivided around 1930, and the land became part of the Tree Streets neighborhood. The house is valued for its role in the Valley's apple industry and as one of the few and finest surviving Greek Revival dwellings in the city, with its original character largely intact.","period_of_significance":"circa 1850 - circa 1930","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a private single dwelling; described as well preserved with few alterations to original fabric.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.910241-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/75/6840/41684075/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/06000755.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000755/3ec62a78a2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06000755/3ec62a78a2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Lvklock","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rose_Cliff.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Lvklock</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rose_Cliff.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"02000369","name":"Tree Streets Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/tree-streets-historic-district-02000369/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41684075","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Cliff","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7367688"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/waynesboro/rose-cliff-06000755/"}