{"nrhp_refnum":"12000123","name":"Old Denton","other_names":["Western View","Denton","VDHR File Number: 030-0570"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7064 Young Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"The Plains","county":"Fauquier County","state":"VA","lat":38.91803379700005,"lon":-77.79647262117209,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-03-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Old Denton is a 58-acre farm property at 7064 Young Road near The Plains in Fauquier County, Virginia. Its core is a ca. 1860 two-story brick main dwelling, with a ca. 1820 secondary dwelling and several outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the main house as a well-preserved example of mixed Greek Revival and Italianate design, described as perhaps the last great house built in Fauquier County before the Civil War. The property also has associations with the Hathaway family and a documented Civil War visit by John Singleton Mosby. Its outbuildings and landscape show the continuity of a Piedmont farm into the 20th century.","narrative":"Old Denton is a 58-acre farm in the Northern Piedmont of Fauquier County, Virginia, centered on a two-story brick house built around 1860. The house combines Greek Revival elements, notably a Doric porch based on a plate from Asher Benjamin's pattern book, with Italianate details such as large cornice brackets and crossetted door hoods. The interior keeps its central passage, plaster rosettes, and period chimneypieces. A ca. 1820 brick dwelling, a meat house, a 1930s stable, a tenant house, stone walls, and a pump complete the historic grouping. James Hathaway, a farmer who held 30 enslaved people in 1860, built the main house during a prosperous decade. The nomination describes it as perhaps the last great house built in the county before the Civil War. Partisan leader John Singleton Mosby is said to have visited and escaped Union troops by hiding in a walnut tree. The Young family owned the farm from 1937, and the road in front of it carries their name.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival; Late Victorian: Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling with agricultural fields and animal facilities. The main house was restored and rehabilitated in 2010.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.463563-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/13/6806/41680613/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/12000123.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000123/4e686a6676-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000123/4e686a6676-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OLD_DENTON,_FAUQUIER_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</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:OLD_DENTON,_FAUQUIER_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"14000011","name":"Little River Rural Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/little-river-rural-historic-district-14000011/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680613","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Denton","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713012"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/fauquier-county/old-denton-12000123/"}