{"nrhp_refnum":"11000553","name":"Mount Pleasant","other_names":["DHR File No. 085-0072"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"292 Hite Ln.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Strasburg","county":"Shenandoah County","state":"VA","lat":38.99978383000007,"lon":-78.33529740198871,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-08-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Mount Pleasant is a Federal-style brick and limestone farmhouse with outbuildings on a bluff above Cedar Creek, about three miles north of Strasburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia. The main block was built in 1812 by Isaac Bowman, and a stone kitchen wing probably dates to about 1790.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is significant for architecture. The two-and-a-half-story, center-hall, double-pile brick house has fine Federal woodwork with Shenandoah Valley influences, and it is joined to an earlier Germanic-style limestone wing. A major rehabilitation around 1930 reversed the entrances and added porches and a garage, and it is treated as part of the significant history.","narrative":"Mount Pleasant is a farmhouse complex on a high bluff above Cedar Creek, north of Strasburg in Shenandoah County, Virginia. The main block, built in 1812 by Isaac Bowman, is a five-bay, two-and-a-half-story brick house with a center-hall, double-pile plan and a modillion-and-dentil cornice. Inside, Federal mantelpieces, reeded trim, curved pilasters and an elliptical hall arch show Shenandoah Valley influence. A one-story limestone wing, probably built around 1790 as a kitchen, is a Germanic form that contrasts with the brick block. Around 1930, owner Robert Otwell Haythe rehabilitated the property, reversing the front and rear entrances to suit a rerouted road and adding porches, bathrooms and a brick garage. Other contributing resources include a smokehouse, a bank barn, a wagon shed, tenant housing, a well and traces of the original road. The property is recognized for its architecture and its changes between about 1790 and 1930.","period_of_significance":"circa 1790 - circa 1930","architect_builder":"Isaac Bowman","architectural_style":"Early Republic/Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The house is described as in fine condition after recent repairs and is still used as a single dwelling, with the farm outbuildings and a garage also on the property. The well is no longer in use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.338669-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/87/6835/41683587/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/11000553.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000553/c86241114a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000553/c86241114a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"AgnosticPreachersKid","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Pleasant_(Strasburg,_Virginia).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">AgnosticPreachersKid</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Pleasant_(Strasburg,_Virginia).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683587","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pleasant_(Strasburg,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16895463"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/shenandoah-county/mount-pleasant-11000553/"}