{"nrhp_refnum":"79003070","name":"Evergreen","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E. of Hopewell on VA 644","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hopewell","county":"Prince George County","state":"VA","lat":37.29074156900003,"lon":-77.24067056599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-07-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Evergreen is a two-story stuccoed brick plantation house in Prince George County, Virginia, east of Hopewell, built about 1807-08 and probably erected by George Ruffin. It sits on a four-acre nominated parcel with views toward the James River.","why_significant":"The house is noted for its ties to the Ruffin family and to Harrison Cocke, a Confederate naval captain who commanded the James River defenses. Antebellum tax and insurance records valued it among the finest homes in the county, and its slate roof was unusual for the period. It is also an example of a transitional late Georgian and Federal style James River plantation house.","narrative":"Evergreen is a plantation house east of Hopewell in Prince George County, Virginia, built around 1807-08 and probably erected by George Ruffin. The two-story, five-bay house is of stuccoed brick with a hipped roof, a high basement and a pedimented Doric portico. Its mix of late Georgian and Federal details makes it a transitional design. Insurance records from 1808 describe a brick house with a slate roof, a costly feature rarely seen on Virginia country houses of the time. Tax records from 1820 valued it second in the county, behind only Upper and Lower Brandon. The Ruffin family held the property from the mid-18th century. Harrison Cocke, who later commanded the James River naval defenses for the Confederacy, owned it in the mid-19th century. In the early 1900s the house stood vacant and was used as a barn and stable before a major restoration in the late 1930s. The nominated four acres include the house and its landscaped setting.","period_of_significance":"1790-1810","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Late Georgian / early Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"The house became vacant in the early 20th century and was converted to a barn and stable. It was reclaimed and restored in the late 1930s, and the form lists it as occupied, in excellent condition and used as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.967249-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/86/6826/41682686/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/79003070.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003070/38ab420f0a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003070/38ab420f0a-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evergreen_east_of_Hopewell,_driveway.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evergreen_east_of_Hopewell,_driveway.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682686","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergreen_(Hopewell,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15217084"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/prince-george-county/evergreen-79003070/"}