{"nrhp_refnum":"12001137","name":"Timberville Historic District","other_names":["VDHR File Number: 312-5007"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by Main, Bellevue, Montevideo, High, Church & S. C Sts., Maple Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Timberville","county":"Rockingham County","state":"VA","lat":38.64204302400003,"lon":-78.7717091324127,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2013-01-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 125-acre historic district in the town of Timberville, northern Rockingham County, Virginia, on both sides of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River. It holds about 233 contributing and 83 noncontributing resources, dating from the late 18th century to the mid-20th century.","why_significant":"The district is significant under Criteria A and C for architecture, transportation and commerce. It shows how the town grew mainly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, largely because of the railroad that arrived in 1868, and how the automobile later spurred growth south of the river. It preserves a wide range of vernacular and period-style buildings.","narrative":"Timberville's historic district covers about 125 acres of the town in northern Rockingham County, Virginia, straddling the North Fork of the Shenandoah River and crossed by State Route 42. Most of its buildings are single-family houses, many of log or wood-frame vernacular construction, with the oldest dating to the late 18th century. Other buildings include a 1832 Federal-style brick house, a ca. 1819 brick bank barn, a Romanesque Revival church built in 1929, Italian Renaissance commercial buildings, a 1912 post office, a Streamlined Moderne service station, and an 1871 frame schoolhouse. Timberville Cemetery, established in 1819, overlooks the town. The district is significant for architecture, transportation and commerce. The railroad, which reached Timberville in 1868, drove much of its late 19th and early 20th century growth, and the automobile later encouraged development south of the river. Its period of significance runs from about 1790 to 1962. Some buildings have modern siding and windows, but their forms remain intact.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1790 to 1962","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal, Italianate, Queen Anne, Folk Victorian, Romanesque Revival, Colonial Revival, Italian Renaissance Revival, Commercial Style, Bungalow/Craftsman, American Foursquare, Cape Cod, Art Deco, Art Moderne, Ranch, and vernacular log and frame","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Most resources remain in use; many contributing houses have been altered with synthetic siding, roofing and new windows but retain their form. A ca. 1819 brick bank barn is in deteriorating condition.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.878728-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/85/6834/41683485/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/12001137.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001137/c0d9b9f2ed-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001137/c0d9b9f2ed-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Famartin","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2016-06-26_18_09_42_View_south_along_Virginia_State_Route_42_(Main_Street)_at_Rockingham_Street_in_Timberville,_Rockingham_County,_Virginia.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Famartin</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:2016-06-26_18_09_42_View_south_along_Virginia_State_Route_42_(Main_Street)_at_Rockingham_Street_in_Timberville,_Rockingham_County,_Virginia.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683485","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timberville_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16901706"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/rockingham-county/timberville-historic-district-12001137/"}