{"nrhp_refnum":"12000122","name":"Clifford-New Glasgow Historic District","other_names":["VDHR No. 005-5042"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Patrick Henry Hwy. & Fletchers Level Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clifford","county":"Amherst County","state":"VA","lat":37.63467515250005,"lon":-79.0188168455131,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-03-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Exploration/Settlement","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A village historic district of about 176 acres in Clifford, northern Amherst County, Virginia, strung along Patrick Henry Highway and Fletchers Level Road. It holds about 30 principal buildings dating from ca. 1772 to the late twentieth century.","why_significant":"The nomination presents Clifford-New Glasgow as one of Amherst County's oldest settlements, a former stagecoach stop and commercial center that rose, declined and revived with changes in transportation. It is significant for architecture, commerce and settlement, and also for its African American community history. The period of significance runs ca. 1772 to 1961, ending when U.S. Route 29 was realigned and the village became residential.","narrative":"Clifford-New Glasgow is a linear village in northern Amherst County, between the Tye and Buffalo Rivers, that began as a stage stop on the route between Charlottesville and Lynchburg. Its roughly 30 principal buildings span from the late eighteenth century to the late twentieth century and include Georgian and Federal landmarks such as Winton and Brick House, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, the 1814 Saddlery, and a 1938 Craftsman-style school. Later Craftsman bungalows, Colonial Revival and Ranch houses show the village's growth. The settlement prospered before 1850, declined after the railroad bypassed it and through the Civil War and Reconstruction, and revived with automobile traffic on U.S. Route 29. The realignment of that highway after 1961 ended its commercial role and left a residential hamlet. The district is also notable for its African American families, who built much of the early twentieth-century housing and the 1960 St. Peter's Baptist Church.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1772-1961","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian, Federal, Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, and Vernacular","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Today a residential hamlet with a country club, community center and several churches; the Saddlery is described as presently unoccupied.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.828038-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/53/6795/41679553/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/12000122.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000122/0ea1ff5b03-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000122/0ea1ff5b03-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Saddlery_at_Clifford.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Saddlery_at_Clifford.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679553","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford%E2%80%93New_Glasgow_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15733817"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/amherst-county/clifford-new-glasgow-historic-district-12000122/"}