{"nrhp_refnum":"80004194","name":"Seven Springs","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W of Enfield","address_restricted":false,"city":"Enfield","county":"King William County","state":"VA","lat":37.74724446600004,"lon":-77.22837740681447,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-05-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Seven Springs is a square, story-and-a-half brick house near the Pamunkey River and Mehixen Creek in western King William County, Virginia, probably built about 1725-40 by the Dabney family.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a striking and unusual example of eighteenth-century Tidewater domestic architecture. Its square, central-chimney plan is described as not found in any other known Virginia house. It is also distinguished by fine brickwork, clipped gables, a T-shaped chimney and surviving interior details, and its exterior remains substantially as built.","narrative":"Seven Springs is a square, story-and-a-half brick house in western King William County, Virginia, set near the Pamunkey River and Mehixen Creek. It was probably built between about 1725 and 1740 by the Dabney family, and Captain George Dabney I, an early county official, is traditionally credited with it, though the evidence is inconclusive because county records were destroyed. The house has a half-hipped roof, clipped gables and a T-shaped central chimney. Its brickwork combines Flemish and English bond, glazed headers and rubbed-brick details. Inside, four unequal rooms cluster around the central chimney stack, a plan the nomination says is not known in any other Virginia house. Original features include chair rails, closet doors with H-hinges and a walnut stair. The house was remodeled in the early nineteenth century, passed through the Pullen and Atkinson families, stood vacant from 1940 to 1967, and was then restored. A mid-nineteenth-century frame office survives nearby.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799","architect_builder":"Dabney family; possibly Captain George Dabney I (builder not conclusively established)","architectural_style":"Eighteenth-century Tidewater domestic architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; restored after standing vacant from 1940 to 1967.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.834539-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/50/6814/41681450/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/80004194.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004194/69d21054d1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004194/69d21054d1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ken Moffet","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snowy_Seven_Springs.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ken Moffet</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:Snowy_Seven_Springs.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681450","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Springs_(Enfield,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7457463"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/king-william-county/seven-springs-80004194/"}