{"nrhp_refnum":"69000342","name":"Jones, Matthew, House","other_names":["Bourbon","Brick House Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"MacAuliffe Rd. and James River Rd., Fort Eustis","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newport News (Independent City)","county":"Newport News","state":"VA","lat":37.160313658000064,"lon":-76.60281733299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1969-06-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick dwelling on the Fort Eustis Military Reservation in Newport News, Virginia, at the intersection of MacAuliffe Avenue and James River Road. It is also known as Bourbon or Brick House Farm and dates to the early eighteenth century, possibly with earlier chimneys.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the finest of the handful of surviving Medieval style Virginia houses, with a design reflecting a small English manor house of a century earlier. Despite its altered form and uncertain early history, it is judged to be of high architectural significance and rarity.","narrative":"Matthew Jones House, also called Bourbon or Brick House Farm, is a brick dwelling on the Fort Eustis Military Reservation in Newport News. It was built as a one-story, gable-roofed house with a central two-story enclosed porch and a rear lean-to. In the late nineteenth century the main block was raised to two stories using bricks from an outbuilding, and most original interior woodwork was lost. The original brickwork survives in Flemish bond with glazed headers above the water table and English bond below. Massive end chimneys with joined square twin stacks and an arched front door are notable features. The name comes from an inscription reading 'Matthew Jones 1727' over the old kitchen door, though what the date meant is uncertain. One expert has suggested the chimneys are late seventeenth century and came from an earlier frame building. The house was listed as one of the finest surviving Medieval style Virginia houses, echoing a small English manor house.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Medieval style Virginia house","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition marked fair on the form and the house was altered when a second story was added; a 1970 letter describes it as in a precarious position needing roof repair and stabilization.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.579585-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/83/6820/41682083/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/69000342.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000342/1eec3a3164-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000342/1eec3a3164-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Oudemia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Matthew_Jones_House_facade.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Oudemia</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Matthew_Jones_House_facade.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682083","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Jones_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16892929"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/newport-news/jones-matthew-house-69000342/"}