{"nrhp_refnum":"76002232","name":"Coiner-Quesenbery House","other_names":["Casper-Coiner House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"332 W. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waynesboro (Independent City)","county":"Waynesboro","state":"VA","lat":38.06823675100003,"lon":-78.88832892599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-11-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, three-bay brick house at 332 West Main Street in downtown Waynesboro, Virginia, built in 1806 for Casper Coiner on land originally owned by Mary Tees.","why_significant":"It is believed to be the first brick house built in Waynesboro and one of the few early structures left in the industrialized city. It was originally built with an unusual hall-parlor plan and has an elaborate cornice that would suit a fine Philadelphia house. A 1972-73 restoration saved it from demolition and made it a downtown landmark.","narrative":"Built in 1806 for Casper Coiner, a man of Pennsylvania German background, this brick house on West Main Street is believed to be the first brick dwelling in Waynesboro. It sits on the front edge of a narrow lot in the manner of Shenandoah Valley town houses, with a limestone rubble foundation, Flemish bond on the front wall and a richly detailed cornice with scrolled modillions, Wall-of-Troy frets and punch-and-dentil work. Unusually, it began with a hall-parlor plan and a centered door, later changed to a side-hall plan. After years of vacancy and decay, when demolition was urged, the owner's family began a restoration in 1972 with consulting help from Calder Loth. The street-level openings cut in the twentieth century were closed, the entrance was returned to the east bay, and the house became an office. It remains one of the few early buildings in a heavily industrialized city.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Stood vacant and deteriorated for years, then was restored in 1972-1973 and adapted for use as an office; condition listed as good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.535666-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/85/6840/41684085/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/76002232.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76002232/e493524dfe-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76002232/e493524dfe-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Lvklock","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coiner-Quesenbery_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Lvklock</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:Coiner-Quesenbery_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"01001511","name":"Waynesboro Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/waynesboro-downtown-historic-district-01001511/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41684085","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coiner%E2%80%93Quesenbery_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5141594"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/waynesboro/coiner-quesenbery-house-76002232/"}