{"nrhp_refnum":"79003083","name":"Miller-Kite House","other_names":["Kite House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"302 Rockingham St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Elkton","county":"Rockingham County","state":"VA","lat":38.408757327000046,"lon":-78.61563716799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-02-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, L-shaped brick house at 302 Rockingham Street in Elkton, Rockingham County, Virginia, built in 1827 for Henry Miller, Jr., with a frame addition made in 1848.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a particularly fine example of a substantial early 19th-century Shenandoah Valley plantation house, with notable brickwork, a frontispiece doorway, German-influenced interior woodwork and a characteristic Valley plan. It is one of few local houses tied to a named craftsman, carpenter and joiner Samuel Gibbons. Tradition, dating back to the 19th century, also holds that General Thomas J. Jackson used it as headquarters in April 1862.","narrative":"Built in 1827 for Henry Miller, Jr., this two-story brick house on Rockingham Street in Elkton once stood as a rural dwelling near Elk Run and the Shenandoah River. Its L-shaped plan, Flemish bond brickwork, and frontispiece doorway with a fanlight and open pediment mark it as a substantial Shenandoah Valley house. A 1826 contract names Samuel Gibbons as carpenter and joiner, and his interior woodwork includes tulip-and-vine mantels reflecting Germanic influence. In 1848 a frame lean-to filled the angle of the L, creating a central-passage, double-pile plan. The house is also traditionally believed to have served as General Thomas J. Jackson's headquarters in April 1862, during planning of the Valley Campaign, though direct documentation is lacking. The tradition dates back at least to the 19th century. The Kite family has owned the house since the late 19th century. At the time of listing it was vacant but in good condition.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Samuel Gibbons (carpenter and joiner)","architectural_style":"Shenandoah Valley variant of the I-house plan; Germanic-influenced woodwork; Greek Revival elements in the 1848 addition","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as vacant at the time of the nomination, in good condition, with possibilities for returning it to active use being investigated.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.62403-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/1/6835/41683501/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/79003083.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003083/63e78797c2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003083/63e78797c2-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miller-Kite_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miller-Kite_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683501","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller%E2%80%93Kite_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15253413"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/rockingham-county/miller-kite-house-79003083/"}