{"nrhp_refnum":"10000446","name":"Hockley","other_names":["Erin","Cowslip Green"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6640 Ware Neck Rd","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gloucester","county":"Gloucester County","state":"VA","lat":37.400282150000066,"lon":-76.46460316134122,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-07-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Conservation","Historic - Non-Aboriginal"],"significance_levels":["national","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Hockley is a country estate house with outbuildings on a 41.15-acre waterfront parcel on the Ware River at Ware Neck, Gloucester County, Virginia. The core was built by 1840 and enlarged in the 1850s and around 1906.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is significant at the national level because it is the most intact and longest-associated property connected with Lt. General William H. Tunner, a leader of large-scale military airlift operations. It is also an important example of a mid-nineteenth to early twentieth-century country estate that housed many prominent people, including Fannie Taliaferro, a local preservation advocate, and Dr. Laban Lacy Rice, an author and educator.","narrative":"Hockley is a two-and-a-half-story frame country house on 41 acres along the north bank of the Ware River on Ware Neck, Gloucester County, Virginia. Alexander Galt Taliaferro built the core by 1840, and Charles Godfrey expanded it before 1857. Around 1906 Richard and Fannie Taliaferro raised the second story and added two octagonal towers flanking the south façade, creating the look the house keeps today. A screened porch, hand-made brick foundations, and surviving timber framing mark the different building phases. The grounds hold a garage, chicken sheds, a barn, a well, a pump house, an ice house, and an archaeological site. The estate is listed for its architecture and for its people. Lt. General William H. Tunner, who planned and commanded major airlift operations, spent the end of his military career and his retirement here. Fannie Taliaferro worked to preserve local cemeteries, and Dr. Laban Lacy Rice, a writer and educator, also lived here.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Alexander Galt Taliaferro (original construction by 1840); Charles Godfrey (additions before 1857); Richard P. and Fannie J. Taliaferro (enlargement c. 1906)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian; Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Currently used as a single dwelling with secondary structures; recent renovations included foundation stabilization, structural repairs, new wiring, and an updated kitchen and bathrooms.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.405041-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/18/6809/41680918/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/10000446.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680918","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockley_(Gloucester,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712547"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/gloucester-county/hockley-10000446/"}