{"nrhp_refnum":"79003033","name":"Blenheim","other_names":["See also:Blenheim Amendment (Boundary Increase)"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2.4 mi. SW of Spring Mills","address_restricted":false,"city":"Spring Mills","county":"Campbell County","state":"VA","lat":37.22087254200005,"lon":-78.95173652399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-05-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small early nineteenth-century frame farmhouse on a farm in the rolling Piedmont of Campbell County, Virginia, southwest of Spring Mills. It is a five-bay, story-and-a-half house on a brick basement, with a frame stable of probably late nineteenth-century date nearby.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that Blenheim is notable for its elaborate, provincially conceived but skillfully executed interior and doorway woodwork, which is unusual in a dwelling with such a modest exterior. The decoration shows a debt to Owen Biddle's The Young Carpenter's Assistant (1810) while being highly original. It is presented as a monument to the rural craftsman's art.","narrative":"Blenheim is a farm in the rolling Piedmont hills of Campbell County, Virginia, centered on a small early nineteenth-century frame house set well back from the road. The five-bay, story-and-a-half dwelling has small end wings, beaded weatherboards, pedimented dormers and a brick basement that served as living space, making it in effect a two-and-one-half-story central-passage I house. Its modest exterior contrasts with an unusually rich interior and front doorway, featuring fluted pilasters, gouged stars, guilloche bands, a detailed stair and elaborately framed parlor doors. Much of the design draws freely on Owen Biddle's 1810 pattern book. Land records suggest William Jones, who bought the land in 1809, built the house sometime after 1810, possibly as late as 1828. John Devereux later gave the property its name. It was recognized as a notable example of rural craftsmanship and vernacular design.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Probably built by the Jones family (William Jones) sometime after 1810; no architect named","architectural_style":"Vernacular early nineteenth-century Piedmont Virginia central-passage \"I\" house with Federal-style woodwork","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied private residence and farm; being renovated and restored by its owners at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.936563-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/18/6799/41679918/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/79003033.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003033/92e7a25f53-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003033/92e7a25f53-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blenheim_driveway_entrance.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blenheim_driveway_entrance.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679918","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blenheim_(Spring_Mills,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712041"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/campbell-county/blenheim-79003033/"}