{"nrhp_refnum":"11000653","name":"Cleridge","other_names":["Sunnyside Farm","DHR File No. 034-0111"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"1649 Old Charles Town Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Stephenson","county":"Clarke County","state":"VA","lat":39.22610187250004,"lon":-78.06494691837244,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-09-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Cleridge (also called Sunnyside Farm) is a rural farm district about eight miles northeast of Winchester, straddling Opequon Creek in Frederick and Clarke Counties, Virginia. Its centerpiece is a Federal-style brick manor house built circa 1790, with an 1882-83 rear addition, plus outbuildings and farmland.","why_significant":"The nomination argues for local significance under Criteria A and C. The manor house is an exceptionally well-preserved example of Federal architecture in Frederick County, with fine interior woodwork and rare early stenciling. The farmland reflects agricultural success in the late nineteenth century, when owner Charles E. Clevenger's farm out-produced nearly all others in the county in 1879.","narrative":"Cleridge is a farm property about eight miles northeast of Winchester, Virginia, spread across both sides of Opequon Creek in Frederick and Clarke Counties. Its main building is a five-bay, two-and-one-half-story Federal-style brick house built around 1790, set on a limestone foundation and facing the creek. The front wall is laid in Flemish bond, and the interior keeps fine paneling, a turned stair, mantels with Chippendale and Federal motifs, and rare early-nineteenth-century stenciling in the master bedchamber. A rear addition from 1882-83 added bathrooms and a kitchen wing while leaving the original block largely intact. Other contributing resources include a brick well, an icehouse and blacksmith shop, a carriage house, a poultry house, a farm manager's house, and the cultivated and wooded land. The property is recognized for its architecture and for its agricultural history. In 1879 the Clevenger family's farm produced a higher value of goods than nearly any other in Frederick County. The period of significance runs from about 1790 to 1960.","period_of_significance":"circa 1790-1960","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic: Federal","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The manor house is still used as a single dwelling. The outbuildings serve as storage and workshop space, and the land remains in agricultural use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.365735-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/56/6802/41680256/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/11000653.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000653/ad5984dda5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000653/ad5984dda5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CLERIDGE,_STEPHENSON,_CLARKE_COUNTY,_VA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.</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:CLERIDGE,_STEPHENSON,_CLARKE_COUNTY,_VA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680256","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16890433"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/clarke-county/cleridge-11000653/"}