{"nrhp_refnum":"07000192","name":"Paris Historic District","other_names":["030-0222"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Area inc. Federal St. and parts of Republican St. and Gap Run Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Paris","county":"Fauquier County","state":"VA","lat":39.005733769000074,"lon":-77.95255232499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-03-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 32-acre village historic district in Paris, northwest Fauquier County, Virginia, at the foot of Ashby Gap. It covers Federal Street and parts of Republican Street and Gap Run Road, laid out from 1786 and officially established in 1810.","why_significant":"Paris is an extremely well-preserved early-nineteenth-century village that served as a small commercial and transportation center on routes west to Winchester. Development largely stopped after the Manassas Gap Railroad bypassed it in 1852, so most buildings date before 1850. Its Federal-detailed vernacular houses, many of log, together with later Gothic Revival and Colonial Revival buildings, represent the period of its greatest development.","narrative":"Paris is a compact village at the foot of Ashby Gap in the Blue Ridge, in northwest Fauquier County, Virginia. Land granted to Peter Glascock in 1786 was laid out as a town of 44 lots, and the Virginia General Assembly formally established it in 1810. It grew as a stopping point where roads from Alexandria, Dumfries and Fredericksburg met the route to Winchester. By 1835 it held dwellings, stores, taverns, a school, and many craft shops. The Manassas Gap Railroad bypassed it in 1852, halting major growth, so most surviving buildings date from about 1810 to 1850. Federal detailing on vernacular forms dominates, with many log houses, a brick Federal dwelling at 687 Federal Street, and later Gothic Revival and Colonial Revival examples. Later highways also bypassed the town, leaving it largely residential. The district includes 53 contributing resources, among them houses, stores, churches, a former school and a cemetery, and its setting remains protected by surrounding rural land.","period_of_significance":"1786-1953","architect_builder":"Henry S. Hanes- carpenter; Ambrose Hinson- carpenter","architectural_style":"Federal; Gothic Revival; Colonial Revival; Other: I-house; Commercial","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Now primarily residential, with an antiques shop, a restaurant and inn, and other small commercial uses; the village was preserved after being bypassed by modern highways.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.310105-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/29/6806/41680629/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/07000192.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000192/5e20a26305-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000192/5e20a26305-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PARIS_HISTORIC_DISTRICT,_FAUQUIER_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PARIS_HISTORIC_DISTRICT,_FAUQUIER_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"04000550","name":"Crooked Run Valley Rural Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/crooked-run-valley-rural-historic-district-04000550/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680629","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713037"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/fauquier-county/paris-historic-district-07000192/"}