{"nrhp_refnum":"69000250","name":"Nanzatico","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of jct. of SR 650 and 625","address_restricted":false,"city":"King George Court House","county":"King George County","state":"VA","lat":38.16985087550006,"lon":-77.12567796474241,"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":"Nanzatico is a frame, two-story, seven-bay colonial mansion with outbuildings on the north bank of the Rappahannock River in King George County, Virginia, completed circa 1770.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it probably the most formal frame colonial mansion in Virginia after Mount Vernon, and an excellent example of the quality achievable in timber. Its engaged Ionic portico is described as a unique design feature for colonial Virginia. It also has an excellent state of preservation and ties to several distinguished colonial families.","narrative":"Nanzatico is a frame mansion of two stories and seven bays on a broad plain above the Rappahannock River in King George County, Virginia. It has a hipped roof, two interior end chimneys, and a modillion cornice that wraps the whole building. The river front is dominated by an engaged portico with large pilasters and a bulls-eye pediment, while the land front has a small pedimented pavilion leading to a vestibule set off by an elliptical arch. A smokehouse, summer kitchen and schoolhouse or office survive nearby. The estate was first held by the Wormeley family and takes its name from the Nanzatico Indians. It passed through the Page and Randolph families, and the present house was finished around 1770 during Charles Carter Jr.'s attempted purchase. Thomas Mann Randolph sold it in 1778 to Colonel Thomas Turner, whose family kept it until the late nineteenth century. Its formality, timber craftsmanship, Ionic portico and preservation underpin its recognition.","period_of_significance":"18th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked good; the property is 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 02:51:57.259064-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/30/6814/41681430/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/69000250.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000250/76f0a354ca-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000250/76f0a354ca-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NANZATICO_KING_GEORGE_COUNTY,_VA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</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:NANZATICO_KING_GEORGE_COUNTY,_VA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681430","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanzatico_(King_George,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15260978"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/king-george-county/nanzatico-69000250/"}