{"nrhp_refnum":"80004191","name":"Warner Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"VA 629","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gloucester","county":"Gloucester County","state":"VA","lat":37.34125601650004,"lon":-76.47605905425529,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Exploration/Settlement","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Warner Hall is a large frame residence on the northern shore of the Severn River near Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia. Its Colonial Revival core dates to about 1905 and is joined to two 18th-century brick wings, with outbuildings and a family cemetery nearby.","why_significant":"The property is tied to the Warner and Lewis families, prominent in colonial Virginia politics, and to Bacon's Rebellion, when Nathaniel Bacon made it his headquarters. Only the two colonial wings survive from the earlier house, which burned in the 1840s. The ca. 1905 main house is an elegantly scaled example of Colonial Revival design, and the site holds potential archaeological value.","narrative":"Warner Hall sits on a neck of land at the head of the Severn River in Gloucester County, Virginia, a site built upon continuously since the mid-17th century. The present house combines a grand Colonial Revival center section from about 1905, with a pedimented portico and elaborate interior ornament, and two brick wings that survive from an 18th-century dwelling destroyed by fire in the 1840s. The estate is linked to the Warner and Lewis families, who held seats on the Virginia Council and, in Augustine Warner II's case, the speakership of the House of Burgesses. Nathaniel Bacon used the property as his headquarters during Bacon's Rebellion after burning Jamestown. A smokehouse, dairy and stable remain, along with a walled family cemetery holding 17th- and early 18th-century tombstones. Test excavations in 1980 turned up 18th-century artifacts, suggesting further archaeological potential across the roughly 38-acre nominated area.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799, 1800-1899, 1900- (checked periods on the form)","architect_builder":"Unknown; the 1903 stable addition was designed by the Richmond firm Noland and Baskervill","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival (ca. 1905 main house), with Greek Revival detailing in the remodeled west wing","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied. The west wing was being restored for use as a law office, and the east wing serves as guest quarters.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:56.53441-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/8/6809/41680908/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/80004191.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004191/fec7731a49-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004191/fec7731a49-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Powhatan","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Warner_Hall.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Powhatan</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Warner_Hall.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680908","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16902915"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/gloucester-county/warner-hall-80004191/"}