{"nrhp_refnum":"74002247","name":"Riddick House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"510 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Suffolk (Independent City)","county":"Suffolk","state":"VA","lat":36.73712746800004,"lon":-76.58220995199997,"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":"A two-and-a-half story brick Greek Revival townhouse at 510 Main Street in Suffolk, Virginia, begun in 1837 by Mills Riddick on an English basement, with later porticos and a frame kitchen addition.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an outstanding and rare surviving example of Greek Revival townhouse architecture in Virginia, with a well-proportioned facade, careful brickwork and finely detailed interior trim. Many ante-bellum townhouses were lost to war and urban growth, making it an important survivor. It was also the long-time home of the prominent Riddick family and served as Union staff headquarters during the Civil War.","narrative":"Riddick House, at 510 Main Street in Suffolk, is a brick Greek Revival townhouse begun in 1837 by Mills Riddick after fire destroyed his earlier home during a blaze that consumed much of the town. The two-and-a-half story house sits on an English basement and has a Flemish bond facade, a Doric portico on the west, and a later south portico added in 1905. Inside, a central hall plan, molded trim with acanthus corner blocks, and a plaster ceiling medallion show careful craftsmanship. The Riddick family, prominent in Suffolk and Nansemond County, lived here for generations. During the Civil War, General John J. Peck and his staff used it as Union Army headquarters. Nansemond County bought the property from the heirs in 1967, and it now houses school board offices. It was listed because few Virginia townhouses of this style and quality survive.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition stated as good; occupied and used as offices of the county school board.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:56.638161-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/73/6838/41683873/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/74002247.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74002247/51dcc7c3d5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74002247/51dcc7c3d5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ray7judy","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Riddick%27s_Folley.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ray7judy</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:Riddick%27s_Folley.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"99000705","name":"Suffolk Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/suffolk-historic-district-boundary-increase-99000705/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683873","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riddick_House_(Suffolk,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7332378"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/suffolk/riddick-house-74002247/"}