{"nrhp_refnum":"69000245","name":"Toddsbury","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E of jct. of Rtes. 662 and 14","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gloucester","county":"Gloucester County","state":"VA","lat":37.43355110300007,"lon":-76.45220049737235,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1969-11-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Toddsbury is a brick one-and-a-half story gambrel-roofed house on the west bank of the North River in Gloucester County, Virginia. It grew in several stages into an ell-shaped plan, possibly beginning in the seventeenth century.","why_significant":"The nomination treats the house as architecturally significant. Its interior woodwork appears to date from the first half of the eighteenth century and resembles Wilton, Tazewell Hall and Chelsea. The house is also tied by tradition to the Todd family, who patented the land in 1665 and passed it down through the Tabb line.","narrative":"Toddsbury is a brick, one-and-a-half story house with a gambrel roof on the west bank of the North River in Gloucester County, Virginia. It developed over several building stages into an ell-shaped plan, and its origins may reach back to the seventeenth century. Tradition credits Thomas Todd, who patented 700 acres here in 1665, though it is unknown whether he or his son built the present house. The land passed through the Todd family to the Tabbs, and Todd descendants held it until the mid-nineteenth century. White paint and stucco partly hide the Flemish bond brickwork, so the masonry cannot date the house. Its interior is the stronger evidence: consistent panelling, arched recesses with keystones and fluted pilasters, and window seats appear to date from the first half of the eighteenth century. The woodwork resembles that of Wilton, Tazewell Hall and Chelsea. A twentieth-century brick kitchen and a small north porch were added later.","period_of_significance":"17th, 18th and 19th centuries (boxes checked on the form)","architect_builder":"Traditionally built by Thomas Todd (died 1676); builder not firmly established","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is listed as good; the house is privately owned, occupied and used as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.690301-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/49/6809/41680949/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/69000245.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000245/efb9725afa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000245/efb9725afa-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jet Lowe","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Toddsbury,_Vicinity_of_State_Routes_622_%26_3-14_Intersection,_Nuttall_vicinity_(Gloucester_County,_Virginia).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jet Lowe</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Toddsbury,_Vicinity_of_State_Routes_622_%26_3-14_Intersection,_Nuttall_vicinity_(Gloucester_County,_Virginia).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680949","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toddsbury","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7812749"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/gloucester-county/toddsbury-69000245/"}