{"nrhp_refnum":"80004184","name":"Greenville","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NE of Raccoon's Ford","address_restricted":false,"city":"Raccoon's Ford","county":"Culpeper County","state":"VA","lat":38.373567481000066,"lon":-77.91943541599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Greenville is a three-story brick Classical Revival farmhouse near Raccoon's Ford in Culpeper County, Virginia, erected in 1854 for Philip Pendleton Nalle, with a brick outbuilding behind it.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an unusually large and showy Piedmont rural residence, freely interpreted from the Classical Revival, with massive three-story Tuscan columns, a tall Italianate bracketed entablature and a rare M roof. Its late construction is notable because few great country houses were built in central Virginia just before the Civil War. It also stood between Union and Confederate lines in 1863-1864.","narrative":"Greenville is a large brick residence on a farm near Raccoon's Ford in Culpeper County, Virginia. Built in 1854 for Philip Pendleton Nalle, it rises three stories above an English basement and is dominated by a three-story Tuscan portico of stuccoed brick columns carrying a deep bracketed entablature. That cornice hides a rare M-shaped roof. Inside, a central hall holds an open-well stair, and original pine floors, plaster walls, paneled doors and simple Doric mantels survive. A brick outbuilding stands behind the house. The nomination values the house for its grandiose, freely interpreted Classical Revival design, which resembles buildings of the deep South more than those of Virginia, and for its late date, since few great country houses were built in central Virginia just before the Civil War. The builder was never identified. During 1863-1864 the property lay between Union and Confederate lines. The house left the Nalle family in 1918, was occupied only sporadically afterward, and is described as abandoned.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Classical Revival with Italianate bracketed entablature","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as sporadically occupied since the house was sold out of the builder's family in 1918, and presently abandoned; condition is rated good.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.906792-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/89/6802/41680289/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/80004184.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004184/7cdbf098de-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004184/7cdbf098de-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_to_Greenville_driveway.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_to_Greenville_driveway.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680289","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenville_(Raccoon%27s_Ford,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712398"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/culpeper-county/greenville-80004184/"}