{"nrhp_refnum":"79003055","name":"Wilton","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Wilton on VA 3","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wilton","county":"Middlesex County","state":"VA","lat":37.52962123300006,"lon":-76.42327916799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-02-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Wilton is a story-and-a-half, T-shaped brick plantation house near Stampers in Middlesex County, Virginia, built in 1763 by William Churchill.","why_significant":"The nomination calls Wilton one of the finest and least-altered late-Colonial plantation houses of Tidewater Virginia, noting its unusual size, well-crafted brickwork and elaborate interior decoration. It is also tied to the locally prominent Churchill family, who were active in county politics.","narrative":"Wilton is a brick plantation house in Middlesex County, Virginia, built in 1763 by William Churchill, who signed and dated it on a recessed brick in the north wall of the rear ell. The story-and-a-half house is T-shaped, with a five-bay front block under a gambrel roof and a rear ell with a hip-on-hip roof. Walls are laid in Flemish bond above the water table and English bond below, with rubbed brick at the corners, window jambs and arches. Inside, the west room has full paneling, a dentil cornice and fluted Doric pilasters at the chimney breast, and the open-string stair has urn-and-column balusters. The brickwork shows the house was built in one campaign, though plans changed during construction. Churchill held posts as local justice, militia colonel, vestryman and county court clerk. The house is regarded as one of the best-preserved late-Colonial plantation houses of Tidewater Virginia. The nominated area covers about eight acres, including a smokehouse, a kitchen, an old road bed and a cemetery.","period_of_significance":"1763","architect_builder":"William Churchill","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as undergoing some renovation; the form lists it as a private residence and in agricultural use, with the condition box marked deteriorated. An early frame smokehouse is in dilapidated condition.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.737088-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/52/6819/41681952/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/79003055.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003055/2ee71f6960-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003055/2ee71f6960-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilton_house,_Middlesex_County.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilton_house,_Middlesex_County.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681952","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilton_(Wilton,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713546"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/middlesex-county/wilton-79003055/"}