{"nrhp_refnum":"73002040","name":"Rosegill","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E of Urbanna off VA 227","address_restricted":false,"city":"Urbanna","county":"Middlesex County","state":"VA","lat":37.628128293500055,"lon":-76.56544744658711,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-11-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Rosegill is a plantation complex near Urbanna in Middlesex County, Virginia, on a peninsula beside the Rappahannock River. It has five eighteenth-century brick buildings in a row, centered on a dwelling house. The estate was patented in 1649 by Ralph Wormeley I.","why_significant":"The nomination presents Rosegill as one of the oldest and most historic estates in America, tied to the Wormeley family and other prominent Virginians. The surviving complex is described as a significant relic of colonial plantation architecture. The extent of the original complex also makes it potentially one of the state's richest archaeological sites.","narrative":"Rosegill is a plantation complex near Urbanna, Virginia, set on a peninsula between Urbanna Creek and a millpond, with a broad view of the Rappahannock River. Five eighteenth-century brick buildings form a row 466 feet long: a wash house, the dwelling house, a kitchen, and a storage house. Stylistically the complex dates to 1730-1750, and the nomination suggests Ralph Wormeley IV built it. The main house grew from a small story-and-a-half brick core through a circa 1770 enlargement, then was raised to two full stories and given Greek Revival trim around 1850. It was remodeled again in the 1940s. The estate began in 1649, when Ralph Wormeley I patented 3,200 acres. Later generations of the family held high colonial offices, and Governor Lord Howard of Effingham spent summers here. Because the original estate was extensive, the nomination also regards the site as potentially one of Virginia's richest archaeological sites.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Probably built by Ralph Wormeley IV, according to the form; no architect named","architectural_style":"Colonial plantation complex, with Greek Revival remodeling of c. 1850","criteria":[],"status_note":"Marked as occupied, in excellent condition, and used as a private residence; altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:56.947765-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/50/6819/41681950/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/73002040.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73002040/ea664acebe-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73002040/ea664acebe-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosegill_driveway.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosegill_driveway.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100005837","name":"Occupacia-Rappahannock Rural Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/occupacia-rappahannock-rural-historic-district-100005837/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681950","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosegill","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713158"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/middlesex-county/rosegill-73002040/"}