{"nrhp_refnum":"100006248","name":"Cline, Patsy, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"608 S. Kent St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winchester","county":"Winchester","state":"VA","lat":null,"lon":null,"geom_source":null},"listed_date":null,"is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"2021-01-13","areas_of_significance":["Performing Arts"],"significance_levels":[],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, three-bay, single-pile frame Greek Revival-style house at 608 South Kent Street in Winchester, Virginia, probably built in the mid-nineteenth century. It served as the home of country singer Patsy Cline and her family.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is nationally significant under Criterion B for its association with Patsy Cline, who lived there continuously from 1948 to 1953 and intermittently until 1957. Key events in her early career took place there, including a Grand Ole Opry audition offer in the living room and her mother sewing her stage costumes in the dining room. It is the house where she lived longest and the one that best retains its character.","narrative":"Located at 608 South Kent Street in Winchester, Virginia, this modest two-story frame house with a stone foundation and standing-seam metal roof was probably built in the mid-nineteenth century in the Greek Revival style. It is now covered in vinyl siding and has an early twentieth-century rear addition. The house matters because of its connection to country music singer Patsy Cline, who lived here with her mother and siblings from 1948 to 1953 and on and off until 1957. During those years she began singing on local radio, rehearsed in the house, and received an offer from Wally Fowler in the living room to audition in Nashville. Her mother sewed her signature cowgirl outfits in the dining room, and the first-floor plan and a basement apartment from 1957 survive. Other Winchester sites tied to her early career have been demolished or heavily altered, leaving this house as the best-preserved link to her formative years. It remains a private residence.","period_of_significance":"1948-1957","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival","criteria":["B"],"status_note":"Remains a private single-dwelling residence in a working-class neighborhood, with some interior and exterior alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:58.175608-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/66/6841/41684166/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/05001230.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":null,"wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/winchester/cline-patsy-house-100006248/"}