{"nrhp_refnum":"09000333","name":"Grove, The","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"33115 Mount Gideon Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hanover","county":"Caroline County","state":"VA","lat":37.80792057250005,"lon":-77.36499846670142,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-05-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Grove is a two-and-a-half-story, three-bay frame farmhouse with outbuildings on a 68.03-acre tract along Mt. Gideon Road in southern Caroline County, Virginia. The oldest section dates to about 1787, and the house was enlarged in several later phases.","why_significant":"The house is presented as an excellent example of an 18th-century Tidewater Virginia farmhouse along a former stagecoach route that evolved through five building campaigns into the 20th century. The surviving fabric shows construction techniques from the late 18th century through the mid-19th century. The form also ties it to Susannah Foster, an early woman landowner, and to Dr. Robert T. Wortham, who added a wing for his family and medical practice.","narrative":"The Grove is a frame farmhouse on 68 acres beside Mt. Gideon Road in southern Caroline County, Virginia, a route also designated the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route. Its oldest part, a two-and-a-half-story building with one room per floor, was probably built around 1787 by or for Susannah Foster. Around 1800 a northern section was added, creating a center-passage plan, likely under owner Thomas Taylor. About 1858 Dr. Robert T. Wortham added a rear shed wing that housed his family and medical practice, and further additions followed in the later 19th and mid 20th centuries. Original features include hewn oak sills, hand-wrought lath nails, Flemish bond chimneys, and wide-muntin nine-over-nine windows. The property also includes a smokehouse from the early 19th century and a water tower from about 1920. The Grove is valued as a well-preserved example of a Tidewater farmhouse that grew with its occupants over roughly 170 years.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial/Early Republic: Vernacular; Mid 19th Century: Greek Revival; Mid 20th Century: Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling, with a cemetery and agricultural animal facilities among its current functions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.753769-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/59/6799/41679959/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/09000333.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000333/a2af296f62-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000333/a2af296f62-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Nickmorgan2","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_grove.jpeg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nickmorgan2</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:The_grove.jpeg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679959","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grove_(Hanover,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713303"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/caroline-county/grove-the-09000333/"}