{"nrhp_refnum":"09000366","name":"Round Hill Historic District","other_names":["VDHR File No. 291-0010"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Area within the Round Hill town limits that is bounded roughly bu VA 7 to the S., Locust St. to the W., Bridge on E","address_restricted":false,"city":"Round Hill","county":"Loudoun County","state":"VA","lat":39.135873241500036,"lon":-77.74426106875777,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-05-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of about 96 acres forming the core of the town of Round Hill in western Loudoun County, Virginia, centered on Loudoun and Main streets. It contains 206 contributing and 103 noncontributing resources, mostly houses, plus commercial buildings, five churches and rail-related structures, built mainly between 1880 and 1920.","why_significant":"The district reflects the town's growth after the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad arrived in 1874 and made Round Hill a commercial center and summer destination. Its Victorian and early 20th-century buildings, many of them former boardinghouses, remain largely intact. Two pre-1850 resources are tied to an early Loudoun County family, and local builders such as Barney T. Noland and Arch Simpson shaped the architecture.","narrative":"Round Hill Historic District covers roughly 96 acres in the center of the town of Round Hill, at the foothills of the Blue Ridge in western Loudoun County. The district holds a varied collection of Victorian and early 20th-century houses, commercial buildings, five churches, and rail-related structures such as the 1902 depot, a freight station and a railroad power station. A small crossroads community existed at the junction of the Leesburg-Snicker's Gap Turnpike and the road to Woodgrove, but the town grew rapidly after the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad arrived in 1874. Many large houses served as boardinghouses for summer visitors from Washington. Local builders Barney T. Noland and Arch Simpson produced Italianate, Queen Anne, Gothic Revival and vernacular buildings. Round Hill was incorporated in 1900, and growth slowed after the 1920s and again when rail service ended in 1939. Because Route 7 later bypassed the town, much of its historic architecture and street pattern survives. The earliest surviving house dates to about 1775.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Barney T. Noland; Arch Simpson (local builders)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian (Queen Anne, Italianate); Colonial Revival; Late Gothic Revival; Bungalow/Craftsman; Ranch; Minimal Traditional; Vernacular, including I-house and Folk Victorian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Most buildings in the district are houses and their outbuildings, and the town retains much of its historic streetscape. Modern development has mostly occurred outside the boundaries.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.458935-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/91/6815/41681591/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/09000366.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000366/a44e145d29-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000366/a44e145d29-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Strawser","credit_html":"Strawser, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Round_Hill_Historic_District.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681591","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_Hill_Historic_District_(Round_Hill,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713164"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/loudoun-county/round-hill-historic-district-09000366/"}