{"nrhp_refnum":"06001099","name":"Chrisman, George, House","other_names":["DHR File #082-0136"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5341 Shaver Mill Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Linville","county":"Rockingham County","state":"VA","lat":38.54635395100007,"lon":-78.86785713240081,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-12-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A circa 1787 two-story, Federal-style limestone farmhouse with attached kitchen wing at 5341 Shaver Mill Road near Linville, Rockingham County, Virginia, on a 4.51-acre property that also holds the ruins of a circa 1830 gristmill. It was built by George Chrisman.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an outstanding example of Shenandoah Valley vernacular architecture, built of regularly coursed limestone and reflecting late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century design. It is also significant for agriculture, showing the growth of a Valley farm from the Chrisman family through the Shaver family, who added a gristmill around 1830.","narrative":"Near the village of Linville in Rockingham County, Virginia, a two-story limestone house built around 1787 by George Chrisman sits beside the ruins of a gristmill. The house has a side-gabled roof, a three-bay facade, a modified dentil cornice in the Federal manner, and an attached 1.5-story stone kitchen wing. Inside, the original three-over-three room plan is largely intact, along with original doors, framing details and a joist stamped with Chrisman's initials. Greek Revival mantels suggest a mid-nineteenth-century remodeling. The Shaver family acquired the property in 1829 and built the limestone mill around 1830, adding to a wheat-growing farm. About 1960 the Holm family used stone from the fallen mill to build a north wing. The property was listed for architecture, as a strong example of Shenandoah Valley vernacular building, and for agriculture, since it shows how a Valley farm developed from the late eighteenth century through the nineteenth.","period_of_significance":"Circa 1787-1956","architect_builder":"George Chrisman","architectural_style":"Early Republic: Federal","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a single dwelling; the Shaver Mill survives only as ruins, and a circa 1960 concrete block pump house is on the property.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.548513-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/77/6834/41683477/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/06001099.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06001099/541243ac95-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/06001099/541243ac95-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rednelk","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Chrisman_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Rednelk</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:George_Chrisman_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683477","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Chrisman_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15221529"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/rockingham-county/chrisman-george-house-06001099/"}