{"nrhp_refnum":"80004167","name":"Egglestetton","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NW of Chula","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chula","county":"Amelia County","state":"VA","lat":37.398035838000055,"lon":-77.98507594809863,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-03-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A medium-size colonial plantation house in the Chula vicinity of Amelia County, Virginia, built for Joseph Eggleston, Jr. no later than the 1770s. It is a one-and-a-half-story frame house with a gambrel roof, set in a 16-acre nominated area.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is distinguished by its picturesque exterior and exceptionally fine, well-preserved interior woodwork, including paneled end walls and a rare bolection-molded fireplace for the South. It was built for Joseph Eggleston, Jr. (1754-1811), a major under \"Light Horse Harry\" Lee in the Continental Army and a Virginia congressman from 1798 to 1801.","narrative":"Egglestetton is a colonial plantation house near Chula in Amelia County, Virginia, built for Joseph Eggleston, Jr. The exact date of construction is unknown, but architectural evidence points to a date no later than the 1770s. The frame house is about 28 by 60 feet, one and a half stories tall, with a gambrel roof, shed dormers and five bays across each front. Inside, a center passage with a closed-string stair is flanked by rooms with paneled end walls and fluted pilasters. One fireplace has a bolection molding, a rare feature in the South. Eggleston served as a major under \"Light Horse Harry\" Lee in the Continental Army and later as a Virginia congressman from 1798 to 1801. A restoration in 1972-73 added a rear bedroom wing designed to match the original. The nominated 16 acres also include an early nineteenth-century kitchen and several twentieth-century outbuildings.","period_of_significance":"18th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial plantation house with gambrel roof","criteria":[],"status_note":"Good state of preservation after an extensive restoration in 1972-73; occupied 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 02:51:58.080882-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/6/6795/41679506/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/80004167.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004167/9086566b31-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004167/9086566b31-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Ser Amantio di Nicolao","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Egglestetton_from_the_road.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ser Amantio di Nicolao</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:Egglestetton_from_the_road.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679506","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egglestetton","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712276"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/amelia-county/egglestetton-80004167/"}