{"nrhp_refnum":"72001521","name":"Crozet House","other_names":["Curtis Carter House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"100 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.54275585800008,"lon":-77.44319756799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-02-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick house at 100 East Main Street in Richmond, Virginia, built in 1814 for the bricklayer Curtis Carter. It is also known as the Curtis Carter House.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a fine example of Federal architecture and the oldest surviving house in its section of Main Street. It is also tied to Claudius Crozet, the French-born engineer who owned it from 1828. Despite roughly a hundred years as rental property, it kept the original character of its fabric.","narrative":"Built in 1814 at 100 East Main Street in Richmond, this brick house was the work of Curtis Carter, a bricklayer who insured the ell-shaped building the following year. It is a fine example of Federal design, with symmetrical proportions, a gable roof with simple interior end chimneys, a moulded cornice, and stuccoed belt course and splayed lintels of a type seen on other Church Hill houses. Inside, the first floor keeps nineteenth century woodwork, including panelled wainscoting, Federal mantels and the original stair panelling and railing. Claudius Crozet, a French engineer who served as Virginia's state engineer, bought the house in 1828. Late in the nineteenth century it was converted into a double house and its facade modernized. A 1940 restoration returned the front to its Federal character, restored the front hall and removed the second stair. The house is considered the oldest surviving one in its section of Main Street and has kept its original fabric despite long use as rental property.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1814)","architect_builder":"Curtis Carter, bricklayer","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in excellent condition and unaltered on the original site; the house was restored in 1940 and used as an architectural firm's offices at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:58.200188-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/63/6830/41683063/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/72001521.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001521/8786f43de3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001521/8786f43de3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Morgan Riley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crozet_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Morgan Riley</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:Crozet_House.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"71000982","name":"James River and Kanawha Canal Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/james-river-and-kanawha-canal-historic-district-71000982/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683063","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crozet_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16864782"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/crozet-house-72001521/"}