{"nrhp_refnum":"74002119","name":"Lock-Keeper's House","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Off VA 6 at James River","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cedar Point","county":"Goochland County","state":"VA","lat":37.69141805500004,"lon":-77.90867518299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame lock-keeper's house on a stone foundation, beside the James River and Kanawha Canal at Lock #7 near Cedar Point, Goochland County, Virginia, built circa 1836.","why_significant":"It is described as the last remaining lock-keeper's house of the James River and Kanawha Canal system and is believed to be the only such building standing in Virginia. It served Lock Number 7, a busy canal point in the 1840s and 1850s, and its stair arrangement reflects its dual role as residence and hostelry for canal travelers.","narrative":"Beside the old James River and Kanawha Canal at Cedar Point in Goochland County stands a two-story frame house built circa 1836 to serve Lock Number 7. It rests on a whitewashed stone foundation set into a steep slope, with a long shed-roof porch facing the river and a central chimney serving all rooms. The interior layout is unusual: the lock-keeper's family occupied the western half, while the eastern rooms housed canal travelers, reached by a separate enclosed stair. The house also operated as a tavern, and tolls and cargo invoices were handled at the lock during the busiest years of the 1840s and 1850s. It is described as the last surviving lock-keeper's house of the canal system and probably the only one left in Virginia. After the Civil War the canal passed to a railroad company, which laid tracks on the towpath. Floods later silted in the lock, and the house now serves as a weekend residence.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (Mid)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"In good condition; thoroughly renovated after flood damage from Hurricanes Camille and Agnes and used as a weekend residence. The lock it served has silted in and is no longer visible.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:58.067966-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/95/6809/41680995/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/74002119.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74002119/228ca85fb5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74002119/228ca85fb5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Ser Amantio di Nicolao","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lock-Keeper%27s_House_in_Goochland_County.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ser Amantio di Nicolao</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lock-Keeper%27s_House_in_Goochland_County.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680995","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock-Keeper%27s_House_(Cedar_Point,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712725"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/goochland-county/lock-keepers-house-74002119/"}