{"nrhp_refnum":"73002209","name":"Ratcliffe-Logan-Allison House","other_names":["Earp's Ordinary"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"200 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fairfax (Independent City)","county":"Fairfax (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":38.84589456500004,"lon":-77.30466880799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-02-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small two-story, single-pile brick building at 200 E. Main Street in Fairfax, Virginia, near the Fairfax County court house. It was built between 1805 and 1813 and is also known as Earp's Ordinary.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an important example of early-nineteenth century northern Virginia vernacular architecture and a familiar landmark in the county seat. Recent evidence showed it was built 1805-1813 on land once owned by Richard Ratcliffe, not in the mid-eighteenth century as long believed. Its later use as a postal station and stage stop on the Little River Turnpike adds to its local history.","narrative":"This small, two-story brick house at 200 E. Main Street in Fairfax stands near the Fairfax County court house. Long called Earp's Ordinary and believed to be a mid-eighteenth century tavern, it was shown by later evidence to have been built between 1805 and 1813 on lot no. 10 of the new town of Providence, land once held by Richard Ratcliffe. It was built in two sections, with Flemish bond on the facade, a hound's tooth cornice, brick jack arches and a single central chimney. Inside, vertical board partitions and batten doors survive. Ratcliffe sold the house to Henry Logan in 1813, and in 1820 Gordon and Robert Allison acquired it and ran a postal station and stage coach stop on the Little River Turnpike. By 1923 it was nearly demolished for a garage, but Dr. Kate Waller Barrett bought it. Her daughter and son-in-law restored it and made it their home. It is valued as a surviving example of local vernacular building.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early-nineteenth century vernacular style prevalent in northern Virginia towns and villages","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition, largely unaltered and on its original site; in use as a private residence and restored by the Pozer family.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.194229-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/69/6805/41680569/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/73002209.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73002209/30f376909b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73002209/30f376909b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Eopederson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ratcliff-Allison_House_Fairfax_City.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Eopederson</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:Ratcliff-Allison_House_Fairfax_City.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"87001432","name":"City of Fairfax Historic District (Additional Documentation)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/city-of-fairfax-historic-district-additional-documentation-87001432/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680569","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratcliffe%E2%80%93Logan%E2%80%93Allison_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15271933"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/fairfax/ratcliffe-logan-allison-house-73002209/"}