{"nrhp_refnum":"12000538","name":"Mt. Airy","other_names":["Grandma Moses House","Major James Crawford House","VDHR File No. 007-1021"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Access Rd. off of Technology Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Verona","county":"Augusta County","state":"VA","lat":38.188467890000055,"lon":-79.01260747405391,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-08-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Art"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Mt. Airy is a brick, two-story, five-bay Shenandoah Valley I-house built ca. 1840 for Major James Crawford on a hilltop in Verona, Augusta County, Virginia, with a ca. 1850 rear ell and three frame outbuildings.","why_significant":"It is argued to be locally significant under Criterion C as a well-preserved, typical early-19th-century Shenandoah Valley I-house with a rear ell. It is also argued to be statewide significant under Criterion B for its link to folk painter Anna Mary Robertson \"Grandma\" Moses, who lived there with her husband and whose first owned home it was. It is the most intact of the houses she lived in in the valley.","narrative":"Mt. Airy is a brick I-house on a hilltop in Verona, Augusta County, Virginia, overlooking the county government center and surrounding farmland. Built about 1840 for Major James Crawford, it has two stories, five bays, a central passage and Federal-style details such as a corbelled brick cornice, bull's-eye lintel blocks and elaborate mantels. A one-and-a-half-story brick ell was added around 1850 and shows Greek Revival trim. Three frame outbuildings, a washhouse, a shed and a 1921 wagon house, also survive. The house is considered a well-preserved example of the Shenandoah Valley I-house form. It is also tied to Anna Mary Robertson \"Grandma\" Moses, the folk painter, who moved to the valley in 1887 and lived here with her husband Thomas. It was the first house the couple owned and is the most intact of their valley homes. The east wall was rebuilt in the 1960s after lightning damage, and the property is now vacant.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1840-1921","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Early Republic: Federal; Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant/not in use; the east wall was rebuilt in the 1960s after a lightning strike, and the front porch has been removed.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.614208-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/63/6796/41679663/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/12000538.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000538/6c42774666-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000538/6c42774666-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mt._Airy.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mt._Airy.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679663","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Airy_(Verona,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712903"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/augusta-county/mt-airy-12000538/"}