{"nrhp_refnum":"74002104","name":"Winton","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W of VA 151","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clifford","county":"Amherst County","state":"VA","lat":37.64011343350006,"lon":-79.02754805941572,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-05-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Winton is a late-Georgian, two-story frame house on the west side of Route 151 at Clifford, Amherst County, Virginia. It is said to have been built by Colonel Joseph Cabell in the early 1770s, and it has a family graveyard and a smokehouse on the grounds.","why_significant":"The house was the home of several noteworthy Virginians, including Colonel Joseph Cabell and Colonel Samuel Meredith, Jr., and was the last home of Patrick Henry's mother, Sarah Winston Syme Henry, who is buried there. It also has notable architecture, including elaborate punch-and-gouge woodwork said to have been carved by Hessian prisoners.","narrative":"Winton is a late-Georgian, two-story frame house on Route 151 near Clifford in Amherst County, Virginia. It is said to have been built in the early 1770s by Colonel Joseph Cabell, a legislator and militia officer who commanded troops at Yorktown. In 1779 he sold it to Colonel Samuel Meredith, Jr., a friend and brother-in-law of Patrick Henry. Henry's mother, Sarah Winston Syme Henry, came to live here and died in 1784; her grave lies in the family graveyard with Meredith and his wife. Inside, the south first-floor room has elaborate punch-and-gouge woodwork, traditionally attributed to Hessian prisoners. The house has a pedimented entrance, T-shaped brick chimneys, a later portico and a surviving frame smokehouse. After passing through several owners, it was bought in 1967 by a donor and given to Amherst County, which leases it as a country club. A rear addition was built to serve the club.","period_of_significance":"18th Century; early 1770's","architect_builder":"Said to have been built by Colonel Joseph Cabell","architectural_style":"Late Georgian (with Georgian Revival entablature)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition and altered, with additions made to the rear. It is leased to a country club and golf course, and the grounds include a cemetery.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.933412-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/45/6795/41679545/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/74002104.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74002104/d2eb0a4c72-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74002104/d2eb0a4c72-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winton_Dec_08.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winton_Dec_08.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679545","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winton_(Clifford,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8026604"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/amherst-county/winton-74002104/"}