{"nrhp_refnum":"69000252","name":"Elsing Green","other_names":["Carter Braxton House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SW of jct. of SR 632 and 623","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tunstall","county":"King William County","state":"VA","lat":37.60659876950007,"lon":-77.04548863547953,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1969-11-12","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1971-11-11","areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Elsing Green is a mid-eighteenth-century brick plantation mansion near Tunstall in King William County, Virginia, close to the Pamunkey River. It has a U-shaped plan and was built in 1758 according to an inscribed plaque.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a distinguished and unusual example of a mid-eighteenth-century Virginia mansion, with a U-shaped plan described as unique for a house of its size and brickwork of the highest colonial Virginia standards. It is also associated with Carter Braxton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The restoration is credited with preserving its architectural integrity.","narrative":"Elsing Green is a two-story brick mansion built in a U shape on a plantation near the Pamunkey River in King William County, Virginia. According to an inscribed plaque, Carter Braxton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, built it in 1758, though he was reportedly dissatisfied with it and later sold it. The walls are laid in Flemish bond with rubbed and gauged brickwork, including deep splayed flat arches over the windows. A story-and-a-half dependency from about 1690, probably the earlier main house, stands on the east side. The house burned in the early nineteenth century and lost most of its original woodwork, but a careful 1930s restoration installed eighteenth-century-style woodwork and restored the roof and cornice. Terraces lead down to the river, and a long avenue approaches the mansion from the land side. Its unusual plan, high-quality brickwork and Braxton connection explain its recognition.","period_of_significance":"18th Century and 20th Century (boxes checked)","architect_builder":"Carter Braxton (built main house in 1758, per inscribed plaque); William Burnett Brown probably built the circa 1690 dependency","architectural_style":"Colonial Virginia mansion, mid-eighteenth century, U-shaped plan","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and occupied as a private residence; the house was carefully restored in the 1930s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:56.498627-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/68/6814/41681468/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/69000252.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000252/538f6480b5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000252/538f6480b5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wainwrightts at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elsinggreen.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Wainwrightts at en.wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Elsinggreen.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681468","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsing_Green","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5367653"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/king-william-county/elsing-green-69000252/"}