{"nrhp_refnum":"10000097","name":"Western State Hospital Boundary Increase III","other_names":["Western State Hospital Dairy Barn","Vdhr Id#132-0009"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"301 Greenville Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Staunton","county":"Staunton","state":"VA","lat":38.14376193100003,"lon":-79.06755730099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-03-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1.75-acre boundary increase to the Western State Hospital district in Staunton, Virginia, containing a 1927-30 dairy barn, a 1946 milk house and the historic approach road linking them to the main hospital complex.","why_significant":"The barn and milk house are described as locally significant under Criterion C for Architecture. The barn's vernacular style combines a gambrel roof, Bungaloid details and cupolas with cow-motif weathervanes. They are the only surviving buildings representing the hospital's large subsistence farming operation, which employed nearly half its patients as a form of treatment.","narrative":"Southwest of the main Western State Hospital grounds in Staunton, a long concrete-and-frame dairy barn and a small concrete block milk house survive from the hospital's farming operation. The barn, built between 1927 and 1930 and renovated in 1952, is about 260 feet long with 25 bays, a standing-seam metal gambrel roof, exposed rafter ends and cupolas topped with cow weathervanes. The milk house dates from 1946. A historic road, also included, connects them to the hospital's residential area. The group was added to the existing district because it is the only remaining set of buildings tied to the hospital's subsistence farming, which supplied up to 66,000 gallons of milk a year and employed nearly half of the patients as therapy. The barn had a capacity of 104 cows. Both buildings have been used for storage since the state corrections department took over the site in 1981. Their local architectural significance covers 1930 to 1952.","period_of_significance":"1930 - 1952","architect_builder":"Commonwealth of Virginia","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Agricultural Vernacular (Bungaloid details)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The barn and milk house have been used for storage since 1981; current function is listed as vacant/not in use.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.538916-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/83/6837/41683783/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/10000097.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683783","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/staunton/western-state-hospital-boundary-increase-iii-10000097/"}