{"nrhp_refnum":"75002119","name":"Upper Wolfsnare","other_names":["Brick House Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E of jct. of Rtes. 635 and 632","address_restricted":false,"city":"Virginia Beach (Independent City)","county":"Virginia Beach","state":"VA","lat":36.840650691000064,"lon":-76.03873744099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-03-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Flemish-bond brick house on a basement, known historically as Brick House Farm, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, dating to about 1759 and associated with the Walke family.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a fortunate survival of a localized house type once common in the Virginia Beach area, notable for its unusual plan and plain raised paneling. It retains much of its eighteenth-century appearance despite surrounding development. It is also tied to Thomas Walke, one of the few Whigs in Loyalist Princess Anne County during the Revolution.","narrative":"Upper Wolfsnare, historically called Brick House Farm, is a two-story Flemish-bond brick house on a basement in Virginia Beach. Built around 1759, it has a gable roof, modillion cornice and interior end chimneys with corbelled caps. Inside, a central passage divides the house, with a triple-run stair, and the rooms are finished with raised paneling and wainscoting with minimal moldings, typical of the area. Its plan resembles Pleasant Hall in nearby Kempsville, and its woodwork parallels that at Ashland and Poplar Hall. The house is regarded as a fortunate survival of a local house type once common in the region. Major Thomas Walke's 1759 will mentioned houses under construction, and Upper Wolfsnare was probably one of them. His son Thomas was among the few Whigs in Loyalist Princess Anne County during the Revolution. Two large chestnut-oak trees flank the house, which sits between an expressway and a naval air station yet keeps a rural appearance. The Princess Anne County Historical Society acquired it in 1966.","period_of_significance":"18th Century (1759)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian (vernacular)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition and unaltered on its original site; leased and being restored in the 1970s by the Princess Anne County Historical Society's tenants.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:56.844392-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/99/6839/41683999/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/75002119.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75002119/b9632c5d49-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75002119/b9632c5d49-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"PumpkinSky","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UpperWolfsnareHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">PumpkinSky</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:UpperWolfsnareHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683999","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Wolfsnare","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7899017"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/virginia-beach/upper-wolfsnare-75002119/"}