{"nrhp_refnum":"08000391","name":"Endview Plantation","other_names":["Harwood Plantation","#121-0002"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"362 Yorktown Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newport News (Independent City)","county":"Newport News","state":"VA","lat":37.21121821100007,"lon":-76.56824247179301,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-05-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Military"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Endview Plantation is a two-story Georgian-style frame house completed c. 1769 for or by William Harwood at 362 Yorktown Road in Newport News, Virginia, on about 24 acres with secondary buildings, two cemeteries and road traces.","why_significant":"It is one of the last surviving colonial buildings in Newport News, which supports its architectural significance. It also served as headquarters for Confederate generals Lafayette McLaws and Robert Toombs during the early 1862 Peninsula Campaign, supporting its military significance.","narrative":"Endview Plantation is a two-story, five-bay Georgian frame house in Newport News, completed around 1769 for or by William Harwood. It rests on a raised brick basement laid in English bond and has two end chimneys laid in Flemish bond. Dr. Humphrey Harwood Curtis, Jr. acquired the property in 1858, dug out the basement for a dining room and renamed it Endview. During the 1862 Peninsula Campaign, Confederate generals Lafayette McLaws and Robert Toombs headquartered here, and Union regiments later camped on the grounds. A carved inscription on an upstairs mantel recalls the wartime occupation. The Curtis family regained the property in 1865 and descendants kept it until 1985. The city bought it in 1995, and it opened as a museum in 2000. The site also includes two cemeteries, two road traces, a relocated dairy, a reproduction smokehouse and reconstructed earthworks. It is recognized for its rare colonial architecture and its Civil War role.","period_of_significance":"1769-1919","architect_builder":"Harwood, William","architectural_style":"Georgian","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Acquired by the City of Newport News in 1995, rehabilitated over two years, and opened as a historic house museum in 2000.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.276087-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/77/6820/41682077/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/08000391.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000391/4a4fb944f5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000391/4a4fb944f5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ENDVIEW_PLANTATION.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ MD</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:ENDVIEW_PLANTATION.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682077","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endview_Plantation","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49487115"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/newport-news/endview-plantation-08000391/"}