{"nrhp_refnum":"78003027","name":"Taylorstown Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Around jct. of Rtes. 633 and 688 at Catoctin Creek","address_restricted":false,"city":"Taylorstown","county":"Loudoun County","state":"VA","lat":39.258226216000054,"lon":-77.57437879484976,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-01-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 61-acre rural historic district centred on the small milling hamlet of Taylorstown, on Catoctin Creek at the western foot of Catoctin Mountain in northern Loudoun County, Virginia. It contains fewer than a dozen buildings, dating from the 1730s-era settlement to about 1904.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that few Virginia milling villages combine such a scenic setting with such a varied group of vernacular buildings. Hunting Hill may be one of the county's earliest houses and shows German-influenced room planning in a Quaker community. The stone mill is a rare surviving example that has been adapted to a new use. The village has also avoided modern intrusion.","narrative":"Taylorstown is a tiny mill village beside Catoctin Creek in northern Loudoun County, Virginia, set among farmland at the foot of Catoctin Mountain. The 61-acre district includes a late eighteenth-century fieldstone mill, now a residence, and Hunting Hill, a stone house traditionally dated to 1737 that follows a German plan despite its Quaker setting. Other buildings include the stone cottage Foxton, a ca. 1800 frame store later used as a theatre and garage, Mann's Store of 1904 with concrete walls scored to imitate ashlar, and two ca. 1900 Victorian houses with sawn porch trim. The settlement grew after Thomas Taylor bought the mill in 1784 and sold off small lots nearby. The mill last operated in 1958. The district was recognised because the village keeps an unusually intact historic character, with few modern intrusions, varied vernacular architecture, and well-kept yards set in open pastoral scenery.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular, including a German-plan stone house, a stone mill, early concrete construction and late-Victorian vernacular houses","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good; the district is occupied and mostly private residences. The mill no longer operates and has been converted to a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:58.172146-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/95/6815/41681595/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/78003027.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78003027/c164316510-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78003027/c164316510-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Acroterion","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taylorstown_HD_VA1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Acroterion</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:Taylorstown_HD_VA1.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"05000474","name":"Taylorstown Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/taylorstown-historic-district-boundary-increase-05000474/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681595","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylorstown_Historic_District_(Taylorstown,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7690262"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/loudoun-county/taylorstown-historic-district-78003027/"}