{"nrhp_refnum":"72001419","name":"Haller-Gibboney Rock House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Monroe and Tazewell Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wytheville","county":"Wythe County","state":"VA","lat":36.950606065000045,"lon":-81.08438360499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-11-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story limestone dwelling at the northwest corner of Monroe and Tazewell Streets in Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia, built between 1822 and 1823 and later adapted as a museum.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the best preserved of the six surviving stone houses once built in Wythe County, with the finest design and the most original integrity. It combines local limestone with late Federal Period design and reflects the settlers of Southwest Virginia's frontier region. It also has ties to Dr. John Haller, the town's first resident physician, and to the 1863 Toland raid.","narrative":"Built in 1822-1823 at the northwest corner of Monroe and Tazewell Streets in Wytheville, this two-story house of random-laid grey limestone is regarded as the best preserved of the six stone dwellings that survive in Wythe County. It has a gable roof, two interior end chimneys, a central hall plan and a five-bay front close to the sidewalk. A frame rear ell was added around 1900, and a bay window was added on the west end in 1903. Adam Saftly is thought to have begun construction, and Dr. John Haller, the town's first resident physician, bought the unfinished house in 1823. During the 1863 Toland raid on Wytheville, bullets struck a parlor window sash, and the marks remain. Descendants of Haller, including the Gibboney family, held the property until it was sold to the town in 1967. The Wythe County Historical Society planned a museum in the main block and a craft center in the ell.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"Adam Saftly is thought to have started building the house; no architect is named.","architectural_style":"Late Federal Period","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the town of Wytheville since 1967; being readied as a museum by the Wythe County Historical Society, with a craft center planned in the rear ell. Condition boxes are unreadable, though the form notes alterations.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:56.626935-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/25/6842/41684225/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/72001419.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001419/d99de33baf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001419/d99de33baf-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HALLER-GIBONEY_ROCK_HOUSE.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ MD</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:HALLER-GIBONEY_ROCK_HOUSE.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"94001179","name":"Wytheville Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/wytheville-historic-district-94001179/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41684225","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haller%E2%80%93Gibboney_Rock_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15222632"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/wythe-county/haller-gibboney-rock-house-72001419/"}