{"nrhp_refnum":"79003087","name":"Rose Hill","other_names":["Indian Land"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NE of Capron on VA 635","address_restricted":false,"city":"Capron","county":"Southampton County","state":"VA","lat":36.74809741000007,"lon":-77.13784037102681,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-12-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Historic - Aboriginal","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Rose Hill is a two-story, single-pile frame \"I\" house on brick underpinning, set on a 196-acre property near Capron in Southampton County, Virginia. Henry Blow built it between about 1805 and 1815 on land known as \"Indian Land.\"","why_significant":"The house is described as among the earliest and best preserved \"I\" houses in Southampton County. Its mantels and wainscoting keep their original paint, graining and marbleizing, and its large king-post roof system is described as unique in Virginia. The land was deeded by the Nottoway Indian Tribe in 1792 and holds prehistoric and colonial-era Indian archaeological sites.","narrative":"Rose Hill is a two-story frame house near Capron, in Southampton County, Virginia, built by Henry Blow between about 1805 and 1815. It follows the traditional \"I\" house plan, with one room on each side of a central passage, and rests on a brick foundation with brick end chimneys. A tetrastyle porch was added around 1900. Inside, the mantels and wainscoting keep their original paint, graining and marbleizing, which the nomination ranks among the most striking in Southside Virginia. The roof is also unusual: large king-post trusses and a tenoned ridge pole, described as unique in the state for a house of its period. The land, called \"Indian Land\" in early deeds, was deeded to John T. Blow by the Nottoway tribe in 1792. It was earlier the site of the Weanoc settlement of Warekeck. Surface surveys in the 1950s found evidence of Indian and European contact, and the 196-acre property includes archaeological sites. The Kello family has owned it since 1877.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"\"I\" house, central-passage plan with Greek Revival details in the mid-19th-century ell door","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition, occupied and used as a private residence and for agriculture.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.670257-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/91/6836/41683691/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/79003087.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003087/d4d9ce3876-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003087/d4d9ce3876-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rose_Hill_driveway,_near_Capron.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rose_Hill_driveway,_near_Capron.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683691","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Hill_(Capron,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17029994"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/southampton-county/rose-hill-79003087/"}