{"nrhp_refnum":"80004187","name":"Woodlawn","other_names":["Trible House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NE of Millers Tavern","address_restricted":false,"city":"Millers Tavern","county":"Essex County","state":"VA","lat":37.85199900900005,"lon":-76.91933056699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-07-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Woodlawn, also called the Trible House, is a story-and-a-half, gambrel-roofed frame house with a rear lean-to, near Millers Tavern in Essex County, Virginia. It was built in two sections, about 1816-20 and 1840, by the Haile family.","why_significant":"The original one-room-and-passage house is an excellent example of a class of small single-cell dwellings built in large numbers in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, reflecting modest Virginia farmers' new ability to build substantial homes. Retained features such as wooden latches and a board-roofed outbuilding show a continuity of rural folk life rarely found in Tidewater Virginia houses.","narrative":"Woodlawn is a small frame farmhouse near Millers Tavern in Essex County, Virginia. It is a story-and-a-half building with a gambrel roof, two bays, and a rear lean-to, set on a low brick basement laid in American bond. The front section was probably built about 1816-20 by the Haile family, and the lean-to was added in 1840, turning the original single-pile, side-passage plan into a double-pile plan. A smokehouse from the 19th century and an attached 20th-century chicken house with a board roof stand behind it. The house was recognized as an excellent example of the small single-cell dwellings common in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, showing how modest Virginia farmers came to build substantial homes. Wooden string latches and the board-roofed outbuilding illustrate an unbroken rural folk tradition uncommon in Tidewater houses. The Trible family owned the property for most of its history, until 1974. The nominated area covers the house, outbuildings and five surrounding acres.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Haile family","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent; the house was being renovated by its owner at the time of nomination and is occupied.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.843391-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/57/6804/41680457/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/80004187.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004187/93a1bf1a5e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004187/93a1bf1a5e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodlawn_near_Millers_Tavern.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodlawn_near_Millers_Tavern.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680457","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlawn_(Miller%27s_Tavern,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713560"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/essex-county/woodlawn-80004187/"}