{"nrhp_refnum":"12000970","name":"Rogers, Tayloe, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1542 Electric Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Roanoke (Independent City)","county":"Roanoke (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.25884188300006,"lon":-80.03334707999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1-1/2 story log and frame dwelling at 1542 Electric Road SW in Roanoke, Virginia, built about 1936-1937 for engineer Tayloe Rogers on a six-acre property with a log springhouse/dairy and several later outbuildings.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be a local example of the Rustic Colonial-Revival style, deliberately mixing salvaged early 19th-century hand-hewn logs with 1930s Colonial Revival design. Its design reflects the influence of the Colonial Williamsburg restoration and the Rustic style of the Blue Ridge Parkway and Civilian Conservation Corps. It is eligible under Criterion C in architecture at the local level.","narrative":"Built around 1936-1937 on the western edge of Roanoke, this 1-1/2 story house was designed to look as though it had grown in stages over generations. Engineer Tayloe Rogers bought part of the old Barnhart Farm in 1935 and salvaged hand-hewn logs and beams from a collapsed building on the land and from other old structures nearby. Some logs carry etched dates from 1811 and 1823 that do not relate to the site. Log walls, beaded weatherboard, large exterior end chimneys, winder stairs and wings at differing levels give a Colonial-era impression, while the finishes reflect 1930s Colonial Revival taste. A log springhouse/dairy stands downhill near Barnhart Creek. The house is significant locally for architecture because it blends rustic materials with refined Colonial Revival design, reflecting influences from Colonial Williamsburg, the Blue Ridge Parkway and Civilian Conservation Corps rustic buildings. The architect is unknown, and Rogers was closely involved in the construction.","period_of_significance":"1936-1937","architect_builder":"unknown (Tayloe Rogers is assumed to have acted as his own contractor)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival (Rustic Colonial-Revival)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a single dwelling; the property includes a house, a contributing springhouse/dairy, and non-contributing pool, gazebo, pump house, hammock pavilion and barn.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.544248-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/75/6832/41683275/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/12000970.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000970/ced21e227a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000970/ced21e227a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TAYLOE_ROGERS_HOUSE_ROANOKE_CITY,_VA.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:TAYLOE_ROGERS_HOUSE_ROANOKE_CITY,_VA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683275","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tayloe_Rogers_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16899427"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/roanoke/rogers-tayloe-house-12000970/"}