{"nrhp_refnum":"07000083","name":"Locust Grove","other_names":["286-5017"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"200 Locust Grove Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Purcellville","county":"Loudoun County","state":"VA","lat":39.133180914000036,"lon":-77.71559809999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-02-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Locust Grove is a stucco-clad fieldstone farmhouse with outbuildings on a 3-acre lot near the southern edge of Purcellville, Loudoun County, Virginia. It was built in two main phases, one before 1817 and one in 1837.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an evolved western Loudoun farmhouse with well-laid fieldstone construction, a side-passage plan, and ornate Greek Revival mantels, along with a notable group of secondary structures including a stone springhouse. It is also tied to Loudoun County farming, including the \"Loudoun System\" of applying ground plaster to fields, and to dairy farming into the 1950s. The property stayed with two Quaker families, the Taylors and the Nicholses, for over 150 years.","narrative":"Locust Grove is a fieldstone farmhouse on a three-acre lot at the southern edge of Purcellville, Loudoun County, Virginia. Its oldest part, a small two-story single-pile section, dates to about 1817. The much larger main block, with a side-hall plan and a west wing, was added in 1837. Later changes include a two-story bay window, porches and a standing-seam metal roof. Inside, stacked Greek Revival mantels and original woodwork survive. Surviving outbuildings include a one-and-a-half-story stone springhouse, a timber-frame barn, an early-20th-century garage, a stone chimney and a stone watering trough. The property was held by Quaker families, first the Taylors and then the Nicholses, for more than 150 years. They farmed grain and livestock, applied locally ground plaster to the fields as part of the Loudoun System, and later ran a dairy operation documented in 1956. The surrounding fields have since become a housing development.","period_of_significance":"circa 1817-circa 1956","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic: Federal; Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a single dwelling with a secondary structure; the surrounding former farmland has been developed as a housing subdivision of the same name.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.130166-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/87/6815/41681587/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/07000083.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000083/9a1be0bec0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000083/9a1be0bec0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cecouchman","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LocustGrove.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Cecouchman</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:LocustGrove.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"07000277","name":"Purcellville Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/purcellville-historic-district-07000277/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681587","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust_Grove_(Purcellville,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712728"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/loudoun-county/locust-grove-07000083/"}