{"nrhp_refnum":"11000034","name":"Crednal","other_names":["Dhr #053-0141"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"34500 Welbourne Rd","address_restricted":false,"city":"Middleburg","county":"Loudoun County","state":"VA","lat":39.00701832450005,"lon":-77.8121052482615,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-02-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Crednal is a 76-acre rural property near Middleburg and Unison in southwestern Loudoun County, Virginia, centered on a two-story Federal-style brick house built in 1814 around a ca. 1785 stone cell. The property also includes a family cemetery and an unmarked burial ground.","why_significant":"The form argues that the house is an unusual early-19th-century dwelling because a small stone cell was built into a larger brick I-house, producing a rare lateral-stair-and-hall plan. The property is also tied to John Armistead Carter, a planter, lawyer and political leader in Loudoun County and Virginia, and to the Hall, DeButts and Dulany families. Its cemeteries, including a probable African-American burial ground, add to its significance.","narrative":"Crednal is a 76-acre farm property in southwestern Loudoun County, Virginia, built around an older stone room. The earliest part is a ca. 1785 one-and-a-half-story stone cell, about 16 by 16 feet. Around 1814 a two-story, five-bay Federal-style brick house was constructed around it, an unusual approach that required a lateral stair hall rather than the typical center-passage plan. The stone section remains visible on the rear elevation. A frame wing was added in 1870, and in 1992-93 a Greek Revival brick house moved from Greene County was attached to the east end. The grounds include a Carter family cemetery and an unmarked burial ground that may hold African-American graves. The property is associated with John Armistead Carter, who bought it in 1841, farmed there, and served in the Virginia General Assembly and Senate. The interior remains well preserved, and the setting of fences, fields and a long drive retains its rural character.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic: Federal; Other: Vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Private property in use as a single dwelling with secondary structures, agricultural outbuildings and a cemetery; described as well kempt and retaining its historic rural character.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.610795-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/17/6816/41681617/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/11000034.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000034/fcd395772d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000034/fcd395772d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CREDNAL,_LOUDOUN_COUNTY,_VA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</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:CREDNAL,_LOUDOUN_COUNTY,_VA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681617","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crednal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712211"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/loudoun-county/crednal-11000034/"}