{"nrhp_refnum":"71000984","name":"Hillsborough","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2 mi. SE of Walkerton off SR 633","address_restricted":false,"city":"Walkerton","county":"King and Queen County","state":"VA","lat":37.71408518900006,"lon":-76.98281057327924,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-09-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Hillsborough is a two-story, hipped-roof mansion of brick and frame, built in the mid-eighteenth century near Walkerton and Stevensville in King and Queen County, Virginia. The nominated area covers about 250 acres on the Mattaponi River.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a fine mid-eighteenth century mansion. Its symmetrical facades, hipped roof and informal rural character come from the mix of brick ends and clapboarded frame fronts. The surviving early brick storehouse, whose small imported-looking brick Herbert Claiborne found unlike any other in Virginia, adds to its importance. The property also has a documented plantation history tied to Colonel Humphrey Hill and his son Edward.","narrative":"Hillsborough is a mid-eighteenth century mansion in King and Queen County, Virginia, set on cleared farmland running north from the Mattaponi River. The two-story house has a hipped roof. Its end walls and foundations are brick laid in Flemish bond, while the two main five-bay facades are clapboarded frame. Wooden details include a modillioned cornice and wide window and door framings, and the center hall holds a fine stair. The land was patented by Edward Digges in 1653 and passed through the Arnold and Baylor families. By 1752 Colonel Humphrey Hill owned it, renamed it Hillsborough, and ran a plantation and a mercantile business there. His son Edward Hill inherited it and insured the buildings several times, leaving detailed descriptions. Federal troops plundered the plantation in 1864, but no buildings burned. A surviving brick storehouse uses small brick that a noted researcher believed was imported, possibly Dutch. Today the house anchors a large farm and orchard operation.","period_of_significance":"18th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition, unaltered and on its original site. It is occupied as a private residence and the center of a farming and orchard operation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.879138-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/99/6813/41681399/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/71000984.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000984/77f459bd5c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000984/77f459bd5c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hillsborough,_Walkerton_vicinity_(King_and_Queen_County,_Virginia).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hillsborough,_Walkerton_vicinity_(King_and_Queen_County,_Virginia).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681399","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_(Walkerton,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712537"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/king-and-queen-county/hillsborough-71000984/"}