{"nrhp_refnum":"07000050","name":"Yard, The","other_names":["VDHR File No.#008-0135"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"381 Old Greenhouse Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hot Springs","county":"Bath County","state":"VA","lat":37.99193562900007,"lon":-79.83380579070118,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-02-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Yard is a 1925 Tudor Revival country house of fieldstone and half-timbered stucco on a twelve-acre site overlooking The Homestead resort and the town of Hot Springs, Bath County, Virginia. Three secondary resources, a gate post set, a kennel/cottage and a stone chauffeur's shed, also contribute.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an architecturally significant, fluent example of Tudor Revival, a style popular nationally in the 1920s but rare in Bath County. It was adapted to the sporting, foxhunting lifestyle and entertaining needs of Fay and Rachel Ingalls. It also reflects a new period of affluence in the area and the Ingalls family's leadership of the Virginia Hot Springs Company, which developed The Homestead resort.","narrative":"Built in 1925 on a small hill above The Homestead resort and the town of Hot Springs, The Yard is a Tudor Revival country estate of irregular fieldstone and half-timbered stucco under a slate roof, with leaded glass casement windows. It was built for Fay Ingalls, Jr., president of the Virginia Hot Springs Company, and his wife Rachel, who loved foxhunting and entertaining. The plan wraps two-story, one-room-deep wings around an inner courtyard, with a cylindrical stair tower, fifteen bedrooms and hitching posts for hunters. The design is attributed to Cincinnati architect C.W. Short, Jr., of Matthews and Denison. Interiors use chestnut cleared from blighted local trees, along with hand-hewn beams, wrought iron and pegged oak floors. Stone gate posts, a kennel built as a cottage and a stone chauffeur's shed complete the grounds. The property is notable as an example of a style uncommon in Bath County and as the home of a family central to the resort's growth.","period_of_significance":"1925","architect_builder":"C.W. Short, Jr.","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals; Tudor Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed historic and current function is single dwelling with secondary structures; the kennel/cottage is now used mainly for storage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.25048-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/12/6797/41679712/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/07000050.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000050/4e07e08978-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000050/4e07e08978-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Yard_property_from_US_220.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Yard_property_from_US_220.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679712","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yard_(Hot_Springs,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713332"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/bath-county/yard-the-07000050/"}