{"nrhp_refnum":"78003037","name":"Heiston-Strickler House","other_names":["Old Stone House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NW of Luray off VA 75","address_restricted":false,"city":"Luray","county":"Page County","state":"VA","lat":38.70009196700005,"lon":-78.49664265699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-11-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, two-bay rubble stone dwelling on a rise above the South Fork Shenandoah River northwest of Luray, Page County, Virginia, built around 1790 and also known as the Old Stone House.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the most handsome and best-preserved Germanic houses in Page County. It keeps many traditional German features, including the two-bay facade, vaulted cellar, hillside site and interior details. Its early 19th-century plan alterations followed Continental rather than British tradition.","narrative":"Overlooking the Shenandoah River bottom land below Massanutten Mountain, this two-story stone house near Luray was built around 1790, probably by Jacob Heaston or his son Abraham. Its rubble walls are laid in alternating long and short blocks, with jack arches over the windows and end chimneys. The original plan followed the Continental three-room Flurküchenhaus type, with a kitchen, a hall and a small chamber. Early in the 19th century the partition was shifted and a vestibule with a winder stair was added, changes made within a German building tradition. A vaulted cellar, a hillside site and minimal interior moldings also reflect Germanic practice. Daniel Strickler acquired the property after 1798 and served as militia captain, county justice, sheriff and member of the General Assembly. Land tax records called his home the Stone House by 1814, and the property has stayed in Strickler hands since 1845. It was listed as an exceptionally well-preserved Germanic house in Page County.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1790","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Germanic (three-room Continental Flurküchenhaus plan)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Form lists the property as occupied private property with several outbuildings; the wash house has been demolished but its chimney survives.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:56.425701-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/16/6824/41682416/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/78003037.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78003037/82742778e4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78003037/82742778e4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ. M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HEISTON-STRICKLER_HOUSE,_LURAY,_PAGE_COUNTY_VA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ. M.D.</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:HEISTON-STRICKLER_HOUSE,_LURAY,_PAGE_COUNTY_VA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682416","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heiston%E2%80%93Strickler_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15223504"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/page-county/heiston-strickler-house-78003037/"}