{"nrhp_refnum":"79003280","name":"Trusty, William H., House","other_names":["Trusty House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"76 W. County St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hampton (Independent City)","county":"Hampton","state":"VA","lat":37.02169461700004,"lon":-76.32448769399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-06-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Black","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half-story wood-frame house at 76 West County Street in the Phoebus section of Hampton, Virginia, built in 1897 by William H. Trusty. Architect or builder is listed as unknown.","why_significant":"The house is an eclectic late 19th-century Victorian design combining Eastlake and Queen Anne features. It is also important in local Black history as the home of William H. Trusty, a Black entrepreneur and Phoebus's first Black council member, and it symbolized his political, social and economic success.","narrative":"Built in 1897 at 76 West County Street in the Phoebus section of Hampton, this two-and-one-half-story wood-frame house stands out among the small one-story cottages around it. Its design blends Eastlake and Queen Anne features, including a two-story spindle-and-bracket porch with a tent roof and finial, projecting bays, imbricated wood shingles and Stick Style ornament in the gable. Inside, an open-well stair, molded trim with turned corner blocks, sliding doors and some brass hardware survive, though the main mantels have been vandalized. William H. Trusty, born to freed parents in 1862, saved money from work at a Fort Monroe general store, bought property in Phoebus and ran his own bar. He became the town's first Black council member after Phoebus incorporated in 1901. The house expressed his success, but he died in 1902. His widow bought it at auction, and it later passed to her second husband and his sister. The City of Hampton now owns it.","period_of_significance":"1897","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Eclectic late 19th-century Victorian, combining Eastlake and Queen Anne modes","criteria":[],"status_note":"Form marks the property as good condition, unoccupied and privately used as a residence; owned by the City of Hampton. Principal mantels have been vandalized and two rear outbuildings are ruinous.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.226319-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/11/6811/41681111/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/79003280.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003280/afc8806671-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003280/afc8806671-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WILLIAM_H._TRUSTY_HOUSE,_HAMPTON,_VA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WILLIAM_H._TRUSTY_HOUSE,_HAMPTON,_VA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681111","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Trusty_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8010627"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/hampton/trusty-william-h-house-79003280/"}