{"nrhp_refnum":"10001115","name":"Rochelle-Prince House","other_names":["DHR File Number 201-0002"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"22371 Main St","address_restricted":false,"city":"Courtland","county":"Southampton County","state":"VA","lat":36.71550199700005,"lon":-77.06612854899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-01-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A vernacular early-nineteenth-century house at 22371 Main Street in Courtland, Southampton County, Virginia, built circa 1814 as a one-and-a-half-story block attached to a two-story block, enlarged 1826-1827, with a rear ell added in the early twentieth century.","why_significant":"The nomination argues local significance under Criterion B for Captain James Henry Rochelle (Military) and Martha Rochelle \"Miss Mattie\" Tyler (Politics), a granddaughter of President John Tyler who served as Courtland's postmistress. It is also significant under Criterion C as an excellent example of early nineteenth-century vernacular architecture in southeast Virginia and one of the oldest remaining houses in Courtland.","narrative":"Built around 1814 on Main Street in Courtland, Virginia, this wood-frame house combines a two-story, three-bay block with a one-and-a-half-story, two-bay block added between 1826 and 1827. A rear ell followed in the early twentieth century. It likely began as the home and office of Dr. Henry Gray, and later passed to the Rochelle family, who owned it for most of the nineteenth century. James Henry Rochelle served as a naval officer in the Mexican War, the Civil War and the Peruvian Navy. His niece, Martha \"Miss Mattie\" Rochelle Tyler, a granddaughter of President John Tyler, was born in the house and later served as Courtland's postmistress. The building keeps wide-plank heart pine floors, paneled wainscoting and Doric-pilastered mantels. Owned by the Southampton County Historical Society since 1974, it now serves as a museum and apartment. It was listed for its associations with the Rochelle family and as a well-preserved example of local vernacular architecture.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1814-ca. 1900","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"OTHER/Vernacular Single-Bay, Central-Passage","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Used as a local history museum on the first floor with a rental apartment on the second floor; the interior retains much of its nineteenth-century character.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.495991-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/9/6837/41683709/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/10001115.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10001115/dd4cfd5ae8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10001115/dd4cfd5ae8-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Joel Bradshaw","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Courtland-Rochelle-Prince-house.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Joel Bradshaw</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Courtland-Rochelle-Prince-house.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100005105","name":"Courtland Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/courtland-historic-district-100005105/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683709","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochelle%E2%80%93Prince_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16899386"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/southampton-county/rochelle-prince-house-10001115/"}