{"nrhp_refnum":"10000583","name":"Quarters 1","other_names":["Building 1"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"151 Bernard Rd","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fort Monroe","county":"Hampton","state":"VA","lat":37.00493985300005,"lon":-76.30561865599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-03-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Transportation","Military"],"significance_levels":["national","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Quarters 1 is a three-story brick Federal-style residence at 151 Bernard Road, Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia, built in 1819 as the first permanent quarters at the fort, with a kitchen wing added in 1823.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a notable, little-altered example of Federal architecture, with an elliptical staircase and classical detailing, serving as residence and headquarters for the fort's commanding officer. It is also tied to Union General Benjamin Butler's 1861 'contraband' decision, made while he was in command at Fort Monroe, and to Abraham Lincoln's stay during the Peninsula Campaign.","narrative":"Quarters 1 is a large brick residence at the east gate of Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia. Built in 1819 as the fort's first permanent quarters, it has three stories, a double-pile main block, and a kitchen wing erected separately in 1823 and joined to the house in 1871. An octagonal solarium and carpenter Gothic porches were added in the later nineteenth century. Inside, an elliptical staircase rises beneath a sky-blue dome ornamented with twenty-seven gold stars. The house served as the residence and headquarters of the fort's commanding officer. It is valued as a little-changed example of Federal architecture, with refined classical detailing and original mantels, moldings and woodwork. It also carries historical associations. General Benjamin Butler lived and worked there when he declared escaped slaves to be contraband of war in 1861, drawing thousands of refugees to the fort. President Abraham Lincoln is thought to have stayed in the house during the Peninsula Campaign. Today it serves as offices.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Design and construction generally credited to Major Charles Gratiot (supervising engineer) and contractor Bolitha Laws; authorship not certain","architectural_style":"Early Republic: Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Currently used as offices and a conference room, with some multiple dwelling use; the interiors survive largely as designed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.296456-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/13/6811/41681113/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/10000583.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000583/d4700f909d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10000583/d4700f909d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Amandajollota","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quarters_no._1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Amandajollota</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:Quarters_no._1.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"66000912","name":"Fort Monroe","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/fort-monroe-66000912/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681113","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarters_1_(Fort_Monroe)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15270406"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/hampton/quarters-1-10000583/"}