{"nrhp_refnum":"07000800","name":"Roseville Plantation","other_names":["Floyd's","Vdhr 050-0060"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3736 Herring Creek Rd","address_restricted":false,"city":"Aylett","county":"King William County","state":"VA","lat":37.85091152150005,"lon":-77.25549360128244,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-08-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Roseville Plantation is a plantation complex at 3736 Herring Creek Road, Aylett, King William County, Virginia, centered on a two-and-a-half-story frame house built in 1807 by John Fox. It includes a kitchen, school, granary, office, barn, chicken houses, privy and two cemeteries.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is significant for its ensemble of house, outbuildings and cemeteries, a combination rarely found in King William County. The house is notable for its asymmetrical facade and off-center passage with a rear stair, which suggest builders experimenting with traditional forms. The surviving school and granary are uncommon types in the county.","narrative":"Roseville Plantation sits at the end of a cedar-lined lane off Herring Creek Road in Aylett, King William County. The main house, a two-and-a-half-story frame dwelling with beaded weatherboards, was built in 1807 for John Fox and later passed to William Ryland and his family. Its asymmetrical facade and off-center passage plan, with the stair placed in a rear room, depart from the usual central-passage design, and the nomination reads these as deliberate experiments in privacy and room layout. Surrounding the house are a detached kitchen, a plantation school, a banked granary, a relocated plantation office attached to the house, a 1930s barn, chicken houses, a privy, and Ryland family and reputed slave cemeteries. Surveys cited in the document show that plantation schools and granaries of this size rarely survive in the county. The complex was listed for its architecture, with a period of significance of 1807 to 1957.","period_of_significance":"1807 - 1957","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Early Republic: Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Current function listed as single dwelling; the property is still a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.970205-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/46/6814/41681446/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/07000800.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000800/d24b78db4d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000800/d24b78db4d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roseville,_State_Route_604_vicinity,_Mangohick_vicinity_(King_William_County,_Virginia).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roseville,_State_Route_604_vicinity,_Mangohick_vicinity_(King_William_County,_Virginia).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681446","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseville_Plantation_(Aylett,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7368734"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/king-william-county/roseville-plantation-07000800/"}