{"nrhp_refnum":"72001389","name":"Ampthill","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W side of VA 602, 3 mi. N of jct. with VA 45","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cartersville","county":"Cumberland County","state":"VA","lat":37.69299112950006,"lon":-78.10340332918646,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-04-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Ampthill is a plantation house near Cartersville in Cumberland County, Virginia, made up of an eighteenth-century frame house joined by a short passage to a one-story brick house built around 1835, with brick outbuildings on a working farm.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the brick house shows the characteristics of Thomas Jefferson's architectural style, and Jefferson sent Randolph Harrison plans for a house in 1815. It also preserves a large part of the original Harrison estate tract, which began as part of Clifton and is still farmed.","narrative":"Ampthill, near Cartersville in Cumberland County, Virginia, consists of two houses set back to back and linked by a short one-story passage. The older is a frame dwelling thought to date to the eighteenth century and remodeled around 1830 or later. The newer part is a long one-story brick house with a hipped roof, a Roman Doric portico, large six-over-six windows with white marble lintels, and Flemish bond brickwork. Inside, black marble mantels and Greek Revival trim appear to follow designs by Asher Benjamin. Brick outbuildings survive to the west and north. The land began as part of the Clifton estate patented by Thomas Randolph in 1723 and passed to the Harrison family. Randolph Harrison asked Thomas Jefferson for plans in 1815 and received a ground plan and elevation for a one-story house, but he apparently built only around 1835. Jefferson's elevation is lost, and the finished plan differs from his. Even so, the house shows the hallmarks of his style. Much of the original tract is still farmed.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Roman Revival (brick section with Greek Revival interior trim); frame section with Federal stair","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent and unaltered; the house is described as handsomely restored and well maintained, and is used as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:56.33524-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/33/6803/41680333/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/72001389.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001389/d38687c0c7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001389/d38687c0c7-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ampthill_farmhouse_from_southwest.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ampthill_farmhouse_from_southwest.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680333","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampthill_(Cumberland_County,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4748546"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/cumberland-county/ampthill-72001389/"}