{"nrhp_refnum":"79003081","name":"Sites House","other_names":["Siter Plantation"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NW of Broadway off VA 617","address_restricted":false,"city":"Broadway","county":"Rockingham County","state":"VA","lat":38.59426616700006,"lon":-78.82788412799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-04-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story limestone Continental-form farmhouse on a ridge parallel to Linville Creek, about 1.8 miles southwest of Broadway in northern Rockingham County, Virginia. Tradition dates it to 1801, though the form's period entry reads circa 1850s.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as an unusually elaborate and exceptionally well-preserved example of the central-chimney farmhouse brought to Virginia by central European settlers. Only a handful of these houses remain in the Valley of Virginia. Its plan was altered early from two rooms to three and later to four, and its roof structure and interior woodwork are unusual and largely intact.","narrative":"Set near the base of a ridge beside Linville Creek in northern Rockingham County, Sites House is a two-story limestone farmhouse of the Continental type, with coursed stone and corner quoins on the front and rubble on the ends. A single small central chimney serves the fireplaces. Inside, the plan follows German tradition, with a kitchen (kuche) and a parlor (stube) on either side of the chimney, and the original raised-panel doors, chair rails and moulded joists survive. The roof has purlins set into sockets in the stone gables, which is unusual. The land belonged to Johann Sites by 1789 and passed to his son Christian in 1798, and a construction date of 1801 is considered likely. Few houses of this type remain in the Valley of Virginia. It was listed for its well-preserved early plan and woodwork. Later used as a nursing home, it has stood vacant since 1961 and was bought in 1976 for renovation.","period_of_significance":"circa 1850s","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Continental-form (central-chimney, Germanic) farmhouse","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used last as a nursing home and vacant since 1961; purchased in 1976 by new owners who plan to renovate it. Condition listed as good.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.908134-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/91/6834/41683491/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/79003081.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003081/0a7b2d1d61-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003081/0a7b2d1d61-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Kevin M. Byrne","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sites_House,_Broadway_VA_2014-09-13.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin M. Byrne</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:Sites_House,_Broadway_VA_2014-09-13.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683491","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sites_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15277984"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/rockingham-county/sites-house-79003081/"}