{"nrhp_refnum":"07000236","name":"Poague, Margaret E., House","other_names":["DHR File No. 081-7070"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4907 S. Lee Hwy (US 11)","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lexington","county":"Rockbridge County","state":"VA","lat":37.66211083700006,"lon":-79.51059052599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-03-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Greek Revival farmhouse built about 1847 at 4907 South Lee Highway (US 11) near Lexington in Rockbridge County, Virginia, built into a bank so it rises two stories at the front and three at the rear. The 3.913-acre nominated parcel also holds a 1955 secondary dwelling, an early 1960s garage and a gate pillar.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant under Criterion C for architecture at the local level. Its mantels and trim closely follow designs in Asher Benjamin's pattern books, and a second-floor room keeps well-preserved nineteenth-century graining and marbling. The period of significance runs from original construction to about 1920, when the present back porch and modified front porch were built.","narrative":"Built around 1847 on a hillside along South Lee Highway near Lexington, this brick farmhouse rises two stories at the front and three at the rear, where it opens onto a full basement level. It was apparently built for Margaret E. Poague, widow of merchant James A. Poague, using estate funds recorded as paid for building a house in early 1848. The interior is notable for mantels, door and window trim, and a transom modeled on plates in Asher Benjamin's The Practical House Carpenter and later pattern books. One second-floor room keeps nineteenth-century paint finishes imitating black marble and maple graining in good condition. Later owners included the Reed and Moses families, and the house was rehabilitated in 2004-06. A 1955 cinder block dwelling, an early 1960s garage and a brick gate pillar share the parcel, while the historic bank barn now sits on separate land. The house was listed for its architectural quality, with a significance period from about 1847 to about 1920.","period_of_significance":"Ca. 1847-ca. 1920","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated in 2004-06; the house is still used as a single dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.513682-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/96/6833/41683396/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/07000236.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000236/799101bab7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000236/799101bab7-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Margaret_E._Poague_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Margaret_E._Poague_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683396","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_E._Poague_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15247033"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/rockbridge-county/poague-margaret-e-house-07000236/"}