{"nrhp_refnum":"73002035","name":"Grassdale","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W of Trevilians off U.S. 15","address_restricted":false,"city":"Trevilians","county":"Louisa County","state":"VA","lat":38.041974690000075,"lon":-78.19505787512944,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-07-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Grassdale is a two-story brick country house near Trevilians in Louisa County, Virginia, built in 1861 by James Maury Morris, Jr. It sits on a hilltop in the Green Springs Valley with a frame smokehouse and kitchen nearby.","why_significant":"The nomination calls Grassdale a rare, fully developed example of the Italian Villa style in rural Virginia, where few such houses were built. It is notable for its bracketed verandah and its wooded setting above the Green Springs Valley. The house also has links to the Morris family and to Rear Admiral David Watson Taylor.","narrative":"Grassdale is a two-story brick country house in the Green Springs Valley near Trevilians, Louisa County, Virginia. James Maury Morris, Jr. built it in 1861, though earlier buildings had stood on the site in the 1830s. It is believed that Major Calvin Crebbs served as master carpenter. The house has a low hipped roof, deep bracketed eaves, and a broad one-story verandah with sawnwork porch posts. Inside, a central hall opens to a cross hall and stair, with pilaster screens, roll-molded trim and white marble mantels. A frame smokehouse and a two-story kitchen survive as outbuildings. The nomination describes Grassdale as a rare, fully developed Italian Villa style country house in Virginia, since few were built in rural areas of the state. The property passed through the Morris family to Imogene Morris and her husband, Rear Admiral David Watson Taylor, and was sold in 1943 to a lumber company.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"James Maury Morris, Jr. (builder/owner); Major Calvin Crebbs believed to be master carpenter","architectural_style":"Italian Villa Style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition, unaltered and on its original site; in use as a private residence and occupied.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.477492-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/91/6816/41681691/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/73002035.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73002035/621529633b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73002035/621529633b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grassdale_on_US_15.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grassdale_on_US_15.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"73002036","name":"Green Springs Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/green-springs-historic-district-73002036/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681691","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grassdale_(Trevilians,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5597508"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/louisa-county/grassdale-73002035/"}