{"nrhp_refnum":"72001386","name":"Francisco, Peter, House","other_names":["Locust Grove"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SE of Dillwyn, 0.9 mi. S of SR 626","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dillwyn","county":"Buckingham County","state":"VA","lat":37.48573655700005,"lon":-78.36925952061091,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-03-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story timber-frame dwelling known as Locust Grove, near Dillwyn in Buckingham County, Virginia. It was the residence of Revolutionary War hero Peter Francisco from 1794 to the mid-1820s.","why_significant":"The nomination ties the house to Peter Francisco, a Virginia folk hero of the Revolution known for his strength and courage at battles such as Camden and Guilford Court House. It also treats the house as a refined example of colonial craftsmanship, though it survives in semi-ruinous condition. The areas of significance checked are architecture and military history.","narrative":"Locust Grove, also called the Peter Francisco House, sits on a hilltop above the Payne Creek valley south of Dillwyn in Buckingham County, Virginia. It is a simple one-and-one-half story, single-pile frame house with a gable roof, two shed dormers on each slope, a box cornice, and exterior-end chimneys. A one-story west wing has been lost except for its chimney foundation. The interior has a central stair hall with two rooms per floor, and the original closed-string stair survives, along with door frames, window frames and beaded siding. Mantels, wainscoting and some floors are gone, and the house is in poor condition. Its importance rests on its link to Peter Francisco, who lived here from 1794 to the mid-1820s. Francisco enlisted in 1776 at sixteen, fought at battles including Brandywine, Camden and Guilford Court House, and became a Virginia folk hero. He later worked as a blacksmith in Buckingham County. The house is also noted for the quality of its colonial craftsmanship.","period_of_significance":"18th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as standing in a semi-ruinous condition, with deteriorated fabric and an unoccupied status marked on the form; the west wing is destroyed except for its chimney foundation.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.356854-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/96/6798/41679896/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/72001386.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001386/7f9d900927-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001386/7f9d900927-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"The original uploader was AlbertHerring at English Wikipedia.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Locust_Grove_front.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">The original uploader was AlbertHerring at English Wikipedia.</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Locust_Grove_front.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679896","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locust_Grove_(Dillwyn,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1867703"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/buckingham-county/francisco-peter-house-72001386/"}