{"nrhp_refnum":"72001394","name":"Upperville Historic District (Additional Documentation)","other_names":["Dhr Id 030-5438"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Along US 50/John S. Mosby Hwy. intersecting Patrick St., Delaplane Grade Rd., Parker and Lafayette Sts., Poplar Row and Crofton Lns., Upper Rd., Walnut St., Brooks Cluster Cir..","address_restricted":false,"city":"Upperville","county":"Fauquier County","state":"VA","lat":38.99199208300007,"lon":-77.88180844779913,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-10-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A linear village historic district in Upperville, Fauquier County, Virginia, extending about one mile along U.S. Route 50. The town was laid out in 1797 by Joseph Carr and officially established in 1818, and the district covers about 480 acres.","why_significant":"The nomination describes Upperville as one of the most picturesque and unspoiled villages in northern Virginia and a focal point of Virginia's \"Hunt Country.\" It is tied to equine sports, including the country's oldest horse show, founded in 1853. Its planned layout and largely intact 19th-century architecture, mostly country Federal, add to its significance.","narrative":"Upperville is a linear village stretched along U.S. Route 50 for about one mile in Fauquier County, Virginia. Joseph Carr laid it out in 1797 as Carrtown, with commerce at the west end and homes at the east, and the General Assembly established it as a town in 1818. Nearly all of the original fifty lots faced the highway, and that pattern survives because the town has seen no major expansion since the Civil War. Of some seventy-five buildings, at least fifty date from the nineteenth century, most in a modest country Federal style of stone, brick or frame. Landmarks include the 1832 United Methodist Church, the Carr houses, Doctor Smith's stone house and the mid-1950s Trinity Episcopal Church complex. Surrounding estates have kept strip development away. The town is also known for the country's oldest horse show, founded in 1853, and for its place in Virginia's hunt country, which together with its intact planning and architecture led to its listing.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Predominantly country Federal, with Greek Revival, Italianate, Victorian Gothic and French Medieval influences","criteria":[],"status_note":"Marked as good condition, unaltered and on its original site; the district is occupied and in use for commercial, private residential and religious purposes.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.651724-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/73/6806/41680673/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/72001394.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001394/746721d243-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001394/746721d243-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cecouchman","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UppervilleLibrary_0032.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Cecouchman</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UppervilleLibrary_0032.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"11000835","name":"Unison Battlefield Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/unison-battlefield-historic-district-11000835/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680673","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upperville_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713422"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/fauquier-county/upperville-historic-district-additional-documentation-72001394/"}