{"nrhp_refnum":"69000287","name":"Kiskiack","other_names":["Lee House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NE of jct. of VA 238 and 168","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lackay","county":"York County","state":"VA","lat":37.24112628600005,"lon":-76.56382985214029,"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":"Kiskiack, also called the Lee House, is a one-and-a-half-story brick farm dwelling in the Lackey vicinity of York County, Virginia, on the west bank of a tributary of Lee Pond. It dates to the late seventeenth century and its builder is unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination presents Kiskiack as a rare survival of a typical early Virginia country house. The quality of its design and construction reflects the high standard of craftsmanship reached in Virginia's first century of settlement. Its fine Flemish bond brickwork, steep roof and T-shaped chimney stacks are highlighted, as is its link to the Lee family, who held the land from 1641 until 1918.","narrative":"Kiskiack, also known as the Lee House, is a small brick farmhouse in York County, Virginia, now within the Yorktown Naval Weapons Station. Built in the late seventeenth century by an unknown hand, it is one and a half stories tall with a gable roof pitched at fifty-five degrees, among the steepest of its period in Virginia. The walls are laid in Flemish bond with glazed headers, and two T-shaped end chimney stacks with molded brick caps are its most impressive features. The land was first patented in 1641 by Henry Lee, and the Lee family kept it until the federal government acquired it in 1918. A fire in 1915 destroyed everything except the masonry, and later repairs and porches were added and partly removed. The interior is badly decayed, though the structure is being preserved. The house is listed as a rare surviving example of an early Virginia country house and for the craftsmanship of its design and construction.","period_of_significance":"17th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late-seventeenth-century small Virginia brick farmhouse with central passage plan","criteria":[],"status_note":"Structurally preserved but the interior is badly decayed; the form lists condition as fair and use as vacant, on Naval Weapons Station land off-limits to the public.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.755043-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/53/6842/41684253/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/69000287.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000287/b2fdaef9ff-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000287/b2fdaef9ff-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown - not yet digitized","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kiskiack,_Naval_Mine_Depot,_State_Route_238_vicinity,_Yorktown_vicinity_(York_County,_Virginia).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown - not yet digitized</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kiskiack,_Naval_Mine_Depot,_State_Route_238_vicinity,_Yorktown_vicinity_(York_County,_Virginia).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41684253","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiskiack_(Lee_House)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18739437"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/york-county/kiskiack-69000287/"}