{"nrhp_refnum":"69000264","name":"Winona","other_names":["Winonah"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NE of jct. of Rtes. 619 and 622","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bridgetown","county":"Northampton County","state":"VA","lat":37.44502145250004,"lon":-75.93342902875497,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1969-10-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Winona (also spelled Winonah) is a small story-and-a-half brick Eastern Shore farmhouse near Bridgetown in Northampton County, Virginia. It is thought to have been built by Mathew Patrick after 1681, though its exact date is uncertain.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that Winona has great architectural significance because, apart from Bacon's Castle, it is the only known seventeenth-century house in the country with diagonally placed triple chimney stacks. The chimney is described as an excellent example of late medieval architecture. It also shows the delayed influence of English architectural forms in the colonies.","narrative":"Winona is a small story-and-a-half brick farmhouse on Virginia's Eastern Shore, near Bridgetown in Northampton County. Its date is uncertain, but it is thought to have been built by Mathew Patrick after 1681, when he acquired an interest in the land. Reports mention bricks marked 1645 and 1649. The walls are laid in Flemish bond with random glazed headers. The west wall fell long ago and was replaced with clapboarding, and part of the north wall was rebuilt in American bond. Its outstanding feature is the exterior chimney on the east side, with three freestanding stacks set diagonally on the base and decorated with mouse-tooth brickwork. Apart from Bacon's Castle, Winona is the only known seventeenth-century house in the country with such chimney stacks. The chimney is regarded as an excellent example of late medieval architecture and reflects the delayed arrival of English building forms in the colonies. Later frame wings and renovation have changed the house.","period_of_significance":"17th Century","architect_builder":"Thought to have been built by Mathew Patrick","architectural_style":"Late medieval; seventeenth-century Virginia vernacular with diagonal triple chimney stacks","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as recently renovated, in fair condition, and occupied as a private residence; the form also notes that later frame additions have been made.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.482669-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/56/6822/41682256/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/69000264.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000264/ffc129509b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000264/ffc129509b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"unknown HABS photographer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winona_HABS_VA1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">unknown HABS photographer</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winona_HABS_VA1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682256","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winona_(Winona,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14692500"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/northampton-county/winona-69000264/"}