{"nrhp_refnum":"75002112","name":"Stono","other_names":["Jordan's Point","See Also:Lexington Historic District"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"At U.S. 11 and U.S. 11A","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lexington (Independent City)","county":"Lexington","state":"VA","lat":37.79039867300003,"lon":-79.43022811999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-04-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Stono, also called Jordan's Point, is a brick house built in 1818 on a bluff above the Maury River at the north end of the Virginia Military Institute campus in Lexington, Virginia. It was built by John Jordan as his own residence.","why_significant":"The house is one of the most distinctive works of John Jordan, an early Lexington builder and industrialist influenced by Thomas Jefferson's architecture. Its brickwork, three-part Palladian plan, colossal Roman Doric portico, hilltop siting and refined interior woodwork recall Jefferson's work. Together with the VMI buildings, it forms the river aspect of Lexington.","narrative":"Stono sits on a bluff called Jordan's Point, overlooking the Maury River beside the Virginia Military Institute campus in Lexington. John Jordan, a builder and industrialist who dominated Lexington construction for about fifty years, built it in 1818 as his own home. The brick house has a cruciform plan, with a two-story center block and one-story wings, and a two-story Roman Doric portico with thin, closely spaced columns. Inside, the woodwork is elegant but restrained, with sunburst mantels, a cast iron fireplace surround and a stove made at Jordan's ironworks, and a stair banister ending in a carved dog's head. Jordan had worked at Monticello and the University of Virginia, and the three-part Palladian plan, portico and hilltop siting reflect Jefferson's influence. Around 1870 the house was extended to the rear. A summer kitchen, icehouse and brick office survive on the roughly six-acre property, which remains a private residence.","period_of_significance":"1818-19","architect_builder":"John Jordan","architectural_style":"Jeffersonian Classicism","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and used as a private residence; condition marked fair. Three early outbuildings remain: a summer kitchen, a circular limestone icehouse and a square brick office.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.349819-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/8/6815/41681508/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/75002112.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75002112/822d44e28a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75002112/822d44e28a-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Carol M. Highsmith","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stono_House_Jordan%27s_Point_Lexington_Virginia.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Carol M. Highsmith</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stono_House_Jordan%27s_Point_Lexington_Virginia.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"72001506","name":"Lexington Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/lexington-historic-district-72001506/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681508","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stono","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16900748"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/lexington/stono-75002112/"}