{"nrhp_refnum":"69000232","name":"Long Branch","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W of jct. of CR 626 and 624","address_restricted":false,"city":"Millwood","county":"Clarke County","state":"VA","lat":39.04291566650005,"lon":-78.05557491703048,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1969-10-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Long Branch is a two-story brick mansion near Millwood and Berryville in Clarke County, Virginia, built for Robert Carter Burwell and apparently begun by 1811, with Benjamin Latrobe consulted on its design.","why_significant":"It is one of only four standing houses in the country known to have been designed by Benjamin Latrobe, America's first professionally trained architect. Latrobe's full contribution is hard to establish because his drawings are lost, but he is known to have added the service staircase. Even after alteration it is cited as an excellent example of American neo-classical architecture.","narrative":"Long Branch is a rectangular two-story brick mansion in Clarke County, Virginia, with seven bays on the front and rear. The front has a two-story Greek Ionic portico and the rear a Roman Doric one, and the shallow deck-on-hip roof carries a balustrade and central lantern. Built for Robert Carter Burwell and apparently begun by 1811, it was the subject of consultation with Benjamin Latrobe, America's first professionally trained architect. His drawings have not survived, so his full role is uncertain, but he is known to have added the service staircase, and features such as the shallow hipped roof and spiral staircase are typical of his work. In the 1840s the loggia on the east wing was enclosed and the interior was retrimmed in Greek Revival style, though the southeast bedroom keeps its original marble mantel and French landscape wallpaper. It is one of only four standing houses known to be Latrobe designs and is regarded as an excellent example of American neo-classical architecture.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"Benjamin Latrobe (consulted on design); built for Robert Carter Burwell","architectural_style":"American neo-classical (Regency original interiors, later Greek Revival woodwork)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in fair condition, occupied and used as a private residence, with the interior retrimmed in the 1840s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.732905-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/36/6802/41680236/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/69000232.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000232/72e76aa27e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000232/72e76aa27e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"1811longbranch","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Long_Branch_Plantation.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">1811longbranch</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Long_Branch_Plantation.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680236","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Branch_Plantation","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6672415"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/clarke-county/long-branch-69000232/"}