{"nrhp_refnum":"07000402","name":"Staunton River State Park Historic District","other_names":["Staunton River State Park","DHR Number: 041-0100"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1170 Staunton Trail","address_restricted":false,"city":"Scottsburg","county":"Halifax County","state":"VA","lat":36.69771909100007,"lon":-78.67345150040896,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-05-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Landscape Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A state park historic district at the confluence of the Dan and Staunton (Roanoke) Rivers near Scottsburg, Halifax County, Virginia, developed mainly by the Civilian Conservation Corps from 1933 to 1942. It includes roads, cabins, picnic areas, a restaurant, a pool complex and a campground.","why_significant":"The district is considered significant for its association with the Civilian Conservation Corps and the development of Virginia's state park system. It also reflects National Park Service park planning and rustic design principles, and retains integrity in its park plan and buildings.","narrative":"Staunton River State Park occupies rolling, forested land where the Dan and Staunton (Roanoke) Rivers meet in Halifax County, Virginia. Most of its core was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps between 1933 and 1942 as part of Virginia's first state park system. A main road laid out to National Park Service guidelines runs from the entrance to a bluff-top cabin area overlooking the river. Along it are a restaurant with a camp store wing, a pool and bath house, two picnic areas with stone-foundation shelters, a boat storage building, a campground and hiking trails. Eight CCC-era cabins of board-and-batten and fieldstone survive, though many have updated interiors and porches. The district was listed for its link to the CCC and state park development, and for the integrity of its park plan and rustic buildings. It counts 24 contributing and 32 noncontributing resources, and the restaurant has stood vacant since about 1992.","period_of_significance":"1933-1942","architect_builder":"A. C. Barlow (designed the 1941 camp store addition); built by the Civilian Conservation Corps","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements; Modern Movement","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The restaurant/visitor's center closed around 1992 and is described as vacant and scheduled for restoration; the rest of the park remains in use for camping, cabins, picnicking, boating and recreation.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.52649-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/66/6810/41681066/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/07000402.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000402/ee584c6928-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000402/ee584c6928-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Virginia State Parks staff","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cabin_1_Staunton_River_State_Park_-_Waterview_cabin_(6842283213).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:Cabin_1_Staunton_River_State_Park_-_Waterview_cabin_(6842283213).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681066","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114359463"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/halifax-county/staunton-river-state-park-historic-district-07000402/"}