{"nrhp_refnum":"09000391","name":"Fairview","other_names":["005-0006"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2416 Lowesville Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Amherst","county":"Amherst County","state":"VA","lat":37.712468149000074,"lon":-80.19977084499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-06-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Fairview is a 2 1/2-story brick Italian Villa-style house near Lowesville, Amherst County, Virginia, built in 1867 by Nathan C. Taliaferro. It sits on a knoll with a surviving smokehouse and a tenant house.","why_significant":"The nomination argues Fairview is an unusual example of the Italian Villa style popularized by A. J. Downing and pattern-book authors. Its three-story tower is set at a 45-degree angle to the main block, and its massing and roofline are complex. No comparable houses exist nearby, and the design suggests a creative architect rather than strict adherence to published designs.","narrative":"Fairview is a brick house near the village of Lowesville in Amherst County, Virginia, built in 1867 for Nathan C. Taliaferro, a merchant who had the means to build in a poor postwar economy. Its Italian Villa design includes a three-story tower turned at 45 degrees to the main block, a low hip roof with bracketed eaves, arched windows and a bay window. The front wall is pressed brick, while the other walls are handmade brick. Inside, the house keeps most of its heart pine floors, trim and mantels, and a door inscribed by a carpenter named William Burch. Around 1920 the Camden family added a kitchen wing, a rear porch, utilities and a tenant house. A smokehouse from about 1867 also survives. The property is significant for its architecture because no comparable house exists nearby, and its unusual features suggest a designer who departed from published pattern-book plans. The period of significance runs from 1867 to 1920.","period_of_significance":"1867-1920","architect_builder":"Nathan C. Taliaferro","architectural_style":"Mid 19th Century-Italian Villa","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as a single dwelling, formerly a bed and breakfast; the owner is reopening it as one, and the third floor is undergoing restoration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.204079-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/33/6795/41679533/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/09000391.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000391/92bc43d3bc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000391/92bc43d3bc-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fairview_on_Lowesville_Road.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fairview_on_Lowesville_Road.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679533","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairview_(Amherst,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712304"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/amherst-county/fairview-09000391/"}