{"nrhp_refnum":"08000388","name":"Evans, E.L., House","other_names":["DHR File Number 130-0006-0407"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1204 Washington Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"South Boston","county":"Halifax County","state":"VA","lat":36.70449155800003,"lon":-78.90073168499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-05-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large two-story, balloon-frame Queen Anne house built in 1892 at 1204 Washington Avenue in South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia, on 1.7 acres. A small cook's house and the brick foundation remains of an ice house also stand on the lot.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is the most intact and elaborate example of Queen Anne architecture in South Boston and probably all of Halifax County. Owner E.L. Evans was in the lumber and building-materials business, and the house's varied ornament served as a showcase for his products. The original floor plan has never been altered and the house is in excellent preservation.","narrative":"Built in 1892 on Washington Avenue in South Boston, Virginia, this large Queen Anne house was the home of E.L. Evans, a local merchant in lumber, hardware and building materials. It has an irregular roofline, a three-story tower, patterned wood shingles in four designs, and three porches that each differ in their balustrades, friezes and brackets. Inside, an oak-trimmed hall has a geometric tile floor, and nine fireplaces and three parquet floors vary room to room. A small cook's house and the foundation of an ice house remain on the property. The house is considered the most intact and elaborate Queen Anne example in South Boston and probably Halifax County. Evans dealt in the mass-produced moldings, brackets and sash that the style demanded, so his residence also advertised his goods. An earlier house on the site burned in January 1892 and was quickly rebuilt. The original floor plan remains unaltered.","period_of_significance":"1892","architect_builder":"Unknown (the form notes H.A. Thomas as a possible architect and M.D. Blanton as a possible builder; family tradition credits Evans himself)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian (High Victorian Queen Anne)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Excellent state of preservation with an unaltered original floor plan; in use as a single-dwelling residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.466807-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/48/6810/41681048/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/08000388.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000388/24bb3c1263-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000388/24bb3c1263-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Brent Gregory","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:E.L._Evans_House_(Halifax_County,_Virginia).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Brent Gregory</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:E.L._Evans_House_(Halifax_County,_Virginia).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"86002471","name":"South Boston Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/south-boston-historic-district-86002471/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681048","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._L._Evans_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712257"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/halifax-county/evans-e-l-house-08000388/"}