{"nrhp_refnum":"09000046","name":"Baker-Strickler House","other_names":["May's Place"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"10074 W. Gordon Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gordonsville","county":"Louisa County","state":"VA","lat":38.12989609500005,"lon":-78.20381280099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-02-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, three-bay timber-frame Greek Revival dwelling on a raised brick basement, about one mile south of Gordonsville in Louisa County, Virginia. It was built around 1856 on a 1.2-acre parcel.","why_significant":"It is argued to be an important local example of mid-nineteenth-century Greek Revival architecture that retains most of its original exterior and interior fabric. Unusual features set it apart: a two-layer scallop-and-swag frieze, applied six-pointed stars on door corner blocks, and a vine-like motif on a mantel and the main door. It is also tied to the locally prominent Baker family.","narrative":"Built around 1856 about a mile south of Gordonsville, this two-story, three-bay house in Louisa County, Virginia, is a timber-frame Greek Revival dwelling set on a raised red-brick basement. It has weatherboard siding, fluted corner pilasters with Doric-style capitals, peaked door and window lintels, and a hipped standing-seam metal roof. Inside, a central hall plan, molded surrounds and Doric-style mantels survive largely intact. Three unusual embellishments mark the house: a two-layer frieze of scallops and swags on all four sides, scroll-sawn six-pointed stars on door corner blocks, and a vine-like motif on the main door and a parlor mantel. The form suggests these may reflect a local craftsman familiar with German decorative traditions. The property is linked to the Baker family, active in Louisa County commerce and religion, and later to the Strickler family, who owned it from 1928 to 2005. It was listed for its architecture and high degree of preserved original material. The house is currently vacant.","period_of_significance":"1856","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as domestic, vacant. A deteriorated early twentieth-century rear addition was removed and a replacement north portico erected in 2008.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.73441-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/87/6816/41681687/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/09000046.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681687","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker%E2%80%93Strickler_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14711994"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/louisa-county/baker-strickler-house-09000046/"}