{"nrhp_refnum":"07000338","name":"Fairy Stone State Park Historic District","other_names":["Fairy Stone State Park","DHR Number: 070-0057"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"967 Fairystone Lake Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Stuart","county":"Henry County","state":"VA","lat":36.78731683700005,"lon":-80.09931815899387,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-04-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation","Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A state park historic district surrounding the manmade Fairy Stone Lake in Patrick and Henry Counties near Stuart, Virginia, with rustic cabins, a beach complex, picnic areas, campgrounds, roads and a dam built largely by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be significant under Criteria A and C for its association with the Civilian Conservation Corps and the development of Virginia's state park system. It also reflects National Park Service design concepts in its park plan and rustic buildings. Virtually all CCC-era resources have been retained, giving the park good integrity of design.","narrative":"Fairy Stone State Park is a recreational landscape wrapped around Fairy Stone Lake, a manmade lake formed by damming Goblintown Creek in Patrick and Henry Counties, Virginia. Most of its core was built between 1933 and 1942 by the Civilian Conservation Corps. The park includes a meandering entrance road with stone retaining walls, nine original log cabins on the lakefront and hillside, a beach with a concession building and bath house, stone picnic shelters, a log restroom, a horse barn, a custodian's house and a campground with a cross-shaped bath house. Buildings use stone, logs and board-and-batten siding in a rustic style that follows National Park Service guidelines. Later additions, such as a visitor center, an amphitheater and newer campgrounds, date outside the historic period. The district matters as an example of how the CCC and the National Park Service shaped Virginia's first state parks, and because nearly all of its CCC-era resources survive.","period_of_significance":"1933-1942","architect_builder":"O. M. Bullock, Jr., Architect (designed Cabin 3); built by the Civilian Conservation Corps","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements; Modern Movement","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Most CCC-era resources are retained and the park remains in use for cabins, a beach, picnic areas and trails; the original CCC campground is no longer in use and has been overgrown by vegetation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.469526-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/77/6812/41681277/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/07000338.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000338/77d54efbee-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000338/77d54efbee-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Virginia State Parks staff","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FS_Cabin_5_Snow_12-21-09_021_(10057684023).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia State Parks staff</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FS_Cabin_5_Snow_12-21-09_021_(10057684023).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681277","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_Stone_State_Park","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5430985"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/henry-county/fairy-stone-state-park-historic-district-07000338/"}