{"nrhp_refnum":"08000874","name":"Winchester Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["VDHR File No. 138-0042","Historic Old Town Winchester"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"300-400 blocks of N. Cameron St., 12 Clark St., 110 E. Fairfax La. and 145 N. Baker St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winchester","county":"Winchester","state":"VA","lat":39.19135363600003,"lon":-78.16338040999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-09-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary increase of about 8.25 acres to the Winchester Historic District in Winchester, Virginia, covering the 300-400 blocks of North Cameron Street and nearby streets. It contains fifteen contributing and three non-contributing commercial, industrial and rail-related buildings dating from about 1870 to about 1950.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the area is critical to understanding Winchester's role as a regional mercantile and manufacturing center from the late 19th to mid-20th century. Its warehouses, foundry, lumberyard, mill buildings and freight depot sit along the railroad tracks that drove local industry and commerce. The masonry buildings reflect the investment and permanence sought by early developers.","narrative":"This 8.25-acre addition to Winchester's historic district lies along North Cameron Street and the adjacent railroad tracks. It holds fifteen contributing buildings that show how the city worked as a commercial and industrial hub from the 1870s to about 1950. Italianate commercial buildings with bracketed wooden cornices sit beside the Snapp Foundry, the Glaize & Brothers lumberyard with its office and formed-concrete planing mill, and warehouses of the Baker & Company wholesale grocery. A circa 1890 limestone warehouse is described as the only surviving stone warehouse in the city. A well-preserved Baltimore & Ohio freight depot from about 1880 is the last railroad building of its period nearby. Mid-century brick and concrete-block buildings show the area's continued mercantile use. Three buildings, including two modern storage buildings and a heavily altered former feed mill, do not contribute. Together the resources document the link between rail access, manufacturing and trade in the city's growth.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Italianate; Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Commercial Style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Mixed: most buildings are in commercial or other use, such as the freight depot used by a railroad club and the stone warehouse rehabilitated as offices. The form's current functions also list some vacant space.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.076576-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/44/6841/41684144/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/08000874.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000874/2b02033ec7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000874/2b02033ec7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"AgnosticPreachersKid","credit_html":"AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Frederick_County_Courthouse_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41684144","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Historic_District_(Winchester,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16903512"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/winchester/winchester-historic-district-boundary-increase-08000874/"}