{"nrhp_refnum":"78003038","name":"Shenandoah Land and Improvement Company Office","other_names":["Stevens Cottage"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"201 Maryland Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Shenandoah","county":"Page County","state":"VA","lat":38.48404936500003,"lon":-78.62278619099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-07-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Community Planning and Development","Other","Commerce","Economics","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half-story Shingle Style cottage at 201 Maryland Avenue in Shenandoah, Page County, Virginia, completed May 6, 1891 as the office of the Shenandoah Land and Improvement Company. It was designed by Washington architect William M. Poindexter.","why_significant":"The building is the sole survivor of the structures built in Shenandoah in anticipation of an industrial boom that never fully materialized, and it is tied to the town's 1890s land company and its rapid growth. It is also argued to be a sophisticated Shingle Style design, applied to a commercial office in cottage form rather than to the usual residence.","narrative":"Completed on May 6, 1891, this cottage at 201 Maryland Avenue in Shenandoah, Virginia, served as the office of the newly organized Shenandoah Land and Improvement Company. Washington architect William M. Poindexter designed it in the Shingle Style, with a broad gable over a deeply recessed porch, oversized openings and a full second floor hidden within a cottage form. Inside, the dark woodwork, much of the original wallpaper, original company furnishings and a Victorian coal stove survive. The company bought large tracts, surveyed the town and held a major land sale; by 1892 it reported 123 buildings built or underway. The boom faded, and the office was sold in 1902 to Mary and Edna Stevens. It later housed a newspaper and a private school, then became a residence. It is the only surviving building from the town's boom-era construction. A heritage association planned to restore it for exhibits of local industries and crafts.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"William M. Poindexter","architectural_style":"Shingle Style of the Edwardian period","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition and owned by a local heritage association, which planned to restore it and use it for changing exhibits of local industries and crafts.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.509268-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/10/6824/41682410/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/78003038.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78003038/7d75f643a5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78003038/7d75f643a5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Ser Amantio di Nicolao","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shenandoah_Land_and_Improvement_Company_Office,_view_2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ser Amantio di Nicolao</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:Shenandoah_Land_and_Improvement_Company_Office,_view_2.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682410","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenandoah_Land_and_Improvement_Company_Office","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15277141"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/page-county/shenandoah-land-and-improvement-company-office-78003038/"}