{"nrhp_refnum":"79003049","name":"Hillsboro Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"VA 9","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hillsboro","county":"Loudoun County","state":"VA","lat":39.19782858050007,"lon":-77.72474726919341,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-05-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Commerce","Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rural linear town district of about 60 acres along State Route 9 in Hillsboro, Loudoun County, Virginia, in a gap at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It contains 43 buildings, 21 of them predating 1835.","why_significant":"The nomination presents Hillsboro as a well-preserved, typical early 19th-century northern Virginia farming town. It keeps its linear plan, irregular lots, and extensive use of local field stone. Its historical significance is described as minor, mostly tied to Civil War troop movements.","narrative":"Hillsboro is a small linear town in a gap of the Short Hills at the base of the Blue Ridge, strung along Route 9 in Loudoun County, Virginia. Settled by Quakers from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the later 18th century, it was legally established in 1802 and grew along a minor trade route between Leesburg and what is now Charles Town, West Virginia. Its 43 buildings, 21 of them predating 1835, are largely built of local field stone, which gives disparate buildings a shared color and texture. Town trustees skipped a gridiron plan, leaving narrow, deep lots and an informal streetscape. Victorian porches and frame additions were later layered onto early stone houses. By 1835 the town held mills, stores, a tavern, an academy and many tradesmen, serving nearby farms. Troops passed through during the Civil War. The district was recognized as a well-preserved example of an early linear Virginia town.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular with Federal details; Victorian additions (Eastlake, Italianate, Queen Anne) and Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Current land use is mainly residential with a few commercial buildings; the condition is marked good and altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.928764-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/28/6815/41681528/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/79003049.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003049/11ce67b194-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003049/11ce67b194-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Strawser","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hillsboro_Historic_District.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Strawser</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:Hillsboro_Historic_District.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"09000921","name":"Hillsboro Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/hillsboro-historic-district-boundary-increase-09000921/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681528","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsboro_Historic_District_(Hillsboro,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5763567"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/loudoun-county/hillsboro-historic-district-79003049/"}