{"nrhp_refnum":"08000321","name":"Howe, Haven B., House","other_names":["Claytor Lake State Park"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4400 State Park Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dublin","county":"Pulaski County","state":"VA","lat":37.05726602850007,"lon":-80.62032163000033,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-04-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Conservation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Italianate-detailed farmhouse built between 1876 and 1879 for Haven Boyd Howe, located in Claytor Lake State Park near Dublin, Pulaski County, Virginia. It sits on the former Crescent Falls Stock Farm tract.","why_significant":"It is listed under Criterion B for its association with Haven Howe, an early conservation advocate who helped win a ban on dumping iron ore silt into the New River and Ohio River tributaries. It is listed under Criterion C as one of the finest Italianate houses in rural Pulaski County, with rare ornamental iron porch supports and fine interior woodwork made from timber and brick produced on the property.","narrative":"Built between 1876 and 1879, this brick farmhouse in Claytor Lake State Park near Dublin, Virginia, was the home of cattleman Haven Boyd Howe and his family until the 1940s. It was the center of the Crescent Falls Stock Farm, which once covered about 2,000 acres. The house combines a balanced Federal and Greek Revival plan with Italianate details, including bracketed eaves, a centered front gable with a star-patterned attic window, and ornamental iron porch supports. Bricks were molded and fired on the property, and the interior woodwork came from timber cut on the farm. Howe also took part in the effort to stop iron mining operations from dumping silt into the New River, and in 1911 he was summoned to a federal court hearing that led to a ban on the practice from 1912. The house is the only significant survivor of the farm and now serves as an exhibit center and park office.","period_of_significance":"1876-1912","architect_builder":"Unknown (built for and by Haven Boyd Howe)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Italianate","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Now owned by the state and used as a nature exhibition center and office space, with little change to exterior and interior detailing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.520014-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/83/6827/41682783/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/08000321.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000321/6c9552aaee-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000321/6c9552aaee-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Virginia State Parks staff","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DSC_6305_(5855206464)_(2).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:DSC_6305_(5855206464)_(2).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682783","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haven_B._Howe_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15223339"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/pulaski-county/howe-haven-b-house-08000321/"}