{"nrhp_refnum":"08000419","name":"Glebe, The","other_names":["Minor Hall","DHR File No. 005-0010"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"156 Patrick Henry Hwy.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Amherst","county":"Amherst County","state":"VA","lat":37.62357958950005,"lon":-79.01258207765609,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-05-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex dwelling on a twenty-acre tract at the intersection of Routes 29 and 151, about five miles northeast of Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia. The rear ell dates to circa 1762 and the main block to the early 19th century, perhaps circa 1825.","why_significant":"The property is the former Anglican glebe house of Amherst Parish, the only one lived in by the Reverend Ichabod Camp, who served the parish for sixteen years. The dwelling is also a complex, evolving frame house with high-quality heavy timber framing and brick nogging, built over at least five campaigns. The form compares it with other Virginia glebe houses.","narrative":"This dwelling sits on twenty acres at the crossing of Routes 29 and 151 in Amherst County, Virginia, on land that was once part of a 254-acre glebe tract set aside for the Anglican parish. The house grew in stages. A one-and-one-half-story rear ell, probably built around 1762, is the oldest part, and a two-story, five-bay frame main block was added in the early 19th century, perhaps about 1825. The main block has a heavy timber frame with mortise-and-tenon joints, brick nogging, beaded weatherboards and paired gable-end chimneys. A kitchen wing, porches and a laundry wing came later. The Reverend Ichabod Camp, the only Anglican minister to live here, arrived in 1762 and served Amherst Parish until 1778. He farmed the glebe, taught, practiced medicine and owned many slaves. The property also keeps a garage and tool shed from about 1900 and the site of a barn. It remains a private residence with views toward Tobacco Row.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: Colonial; Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling, with a garage and tool shed also in current domestic use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.239168-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/57/6795/41679557/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/08000419.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000419/2f76292422-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000419/2f76292422-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Glebe_south_of_Clifford.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Glebe_south_of_Clifford.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679557","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glebe_(Amherst,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713300"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/amherst-county/glebe-the-08000419/"}