{"nrhp_refnum":"08000482","name":"Rosemont","other_names":["Taylor's Seat","Hardscrabble","Dhr # 072-0169"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4747 Cosby Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Powhatan","county":"Powhatan County","state":"VA","lat":37.60497429100005,"lon":-77.98026278229393,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-05-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Rosemont is a two-and-a-half-story frame house with a connected former kitchen building, a stable and a family cemetery, at 4747 Cosby Road near Powhatan, Powhatan County, Virginia. It was built about 1898 by architect C. L. Dodd, Jr.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a locally significant and unusual example of Queen Anne-Eastlake design in Virginia, with no central hall, corner fireplaces, varied window shapes and stained glass. It is the work of an identified architect in a county where most historic houses followed vernacular traditions. Its materials and details also link it to the nearby St. Francis de Sales school that Dodd was building.","narrative":"Rosemont is a frame house of two and a half stories near Powhatan, built about 1898 by architect C. L. Dodd, Jr. Dodd lived there while overseeing construction of St. Francis de Sales school, a residential Catholic school for African American girls across the road. The house has a plan with no central hall and small corner fireplaces in the rooms, features that are unusual in Virginia and may reflect the architect's northern background. Exterior details include patterned gable-end shingles, triangular bay windows, paneled chimneys, and Eastlake-style double front doors. Inside are a heavily molded staircase, tiled fireplaces and stained glass. A two-story former kitchen is joined to the house by a hyphen, and a slate-roofed stable sits downhill. A small cemetery holds six members of the Meacham family, the second owners. The nomination found the house significant for architecture because it departs from the vernacular dwellings typical of Powhatan County and remains largely unaltered.","period_of_significance":"1898","architect_builder":"Dodd, C. L.","architectural_style":"Queen Anne-Eastlake","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Current functions are listed as single dwelling and stable/storage, with the historic cemetery marked not in use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.95247-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/40/6826/41682640/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/08000482.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000482/4abfedade2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000482/4abfedade2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Ser Amantio di Nicolao","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_to_the_house_Rosemont,_Powhatan_County,_Virginia.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ser Amantio di Nicolao</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_to_the_house_Rosemont,_Powhatan_County,_Virginia.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"69000270","name":"Belmead (Additional Documentation)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/belmead-additional-documentation-69000270/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682640","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemont_(Powhatan,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15273318"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/powhatan-county/rosemont-08000482/"}