{"nrhp_refnum":"11000840","name":"Maphis, John Miley, House","other_names":["VDHR File Number 085-5181"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"56 Bell's Ln.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Edinburg","county":"Shenandoah County","state":"VA","lat":38.83847180400005,"lon":-78.59806919851725,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-11-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame farmhouse with three outbuildings, built in 1856 on a bluff above Stony Creek, about 2.5 miles west of Edinburg in Shenandoah County, Virginia. The 9.817-acre property includes a bank barn, wash house and chicken house.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an excellent, virtually unaltered example of the hall-and-parlor houses common in Shenandoah County in the mid- to late nineteenth century. It is distinguished by unusual, boldly scaled, grain-painted late-Greek Revival interior woodwork. It was also the home of a miller and merchant at Lantz Mill and was caught up in Civil War skirmishing and the 1864 Burning.","narrative":"Built in 1856 on a high bluff above Stony Creek, this two-story frame farmhouse sits about 2.5 miles west of Edinburg, Virginia, across the creek from the village of Lantz Mill. Its L-shaped form combines a hall-and-parlor front section with a rear wing added soon after, and its simple lines reflect a rural take on the Italianate style. Inside, the front rooms keep oversized Greek Revival trim finished with grain painting to imitate figured oak, which is unusual for so small a house. The property also holds a bank barn from about 1870, a wash house and a chicken house. The house was built for John Miley Maphis, a miller and merchant whose mills and barn were burned during Sheridan's 1864 campaign, although the house was spared. A bullet from Civil War skirmishing remains in a stairwell wall. Listing recognizes the house as a well-preserved example of a common local type with distinctive interior craftsmanship.","period_of_significance":"1856-ca. 1920","architect_builder":"John Miley Maphis","architectural_style":"MID-19TH CENTURY/Vernacular (vernacular Italianate with late-Greek Revival interior trim)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The house and wash house are described as in very good condition; the barn and chicken house are in fair condition. The house is still used as a single dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.548531-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/1/6836/41683601/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/11000840.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000840/6e83f150b9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000840/6e83f150b9-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Miley_Maphis_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Miley_Maphis_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683601","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Miley_Maphis_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16894613"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/shenandoah-county/maphis-john-miley-house-11000840/"}