{"nrhp_refnum":"07000220","name":"Elk Hill","other_names":["062-0005"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"511 Rockfish Valley Hwy","address_restricted":false,"city":"Nellysford","county":"Nelson County","state":"VA","lat":37.876499394000064,"lon":-78.90998439837558,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-03-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Elk Hill is a farm of about 139 nominated acres at 511 Rockfish Valley Highway near Nellysford, Nelson County, Virginia, centered on a two-story frame house whose earliest portion dates to 1790-1810, with outbuildings including an 18th-century tobacco barn.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is one of the earliest surviving farms in Nelson County and has been in continued agricultural use, qualifying under Criterion A. Under Criterion C, it is significant for its architectural history, as the house evolved through Early Classical Revival, Greek Revival, Neoclassical (1902) and 1955 Milton Grigg alterations.","narrative":"Elk Hill is a working farm near Nellysford in Nelson County, Virginia, where about 139 acres of pasture, bottom land and forest lie along the South Fork of the Rockfish River and Reid's Creek. The main house sits on a bluff and began as a modest dwelling with a brick English basement, built between 1790 and 1810, probably by Hawes Coleman I, a prominent tobacco grower. Later Coleman family members expanded it in the Greek Revival manner after 1825. In 1902 owner Arthur T. Ewing remodeled it in the Neoclassical style, adding a two-story columned portico that made the house a county landmark. In 1955 architect Milton Grigg updated it with baths and a bedroom wing. An 18th-century tobacco barn also survives. The farm was recognized for its early date, its continuous agricultural use, and the layered architecture of its house, which reflects six generations of Coleman ownership and later changes.","period_of_significance":"1749 to 1955","architect_builder":"Hawes Coleman and his descendants, Arthur T. Ewing, Edwin and Marian Kyle with Milton Grigg as architect. Peter A. Agelasto III with Andrew McCoy as consultant","architectural_style":"Mixed: Neo-Classical Revival, Greek Revival, Early Classical Revival, Moderne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The house and contributing outbuildings are described as in excellent condition, and the house remains a single-dwelling residence with continued farm use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.727691-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/5/6820/41682005/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/07000220.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000220/0eb85e3904-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000220/0eb85e3904-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elk_Hill_near_Wintergreen.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elk_Hill_near_Wintergreen.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"16000534","name":"South Rockfish Valley Rural Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/south-rockfish-valley-rural-historic-district-16000534/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682005","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elk_Hill_(Nellysford,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5364020"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/nelson-county/elk-hill-07000220/"}