{"nrhp_refnum":"80004205","name":"River Bluff","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Wintergreen on VA 151","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wintergreen","county":"Nelson County","state":"VA","lat":37.879916082500046,"lon":-78.90904552974062,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-07-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"River Bluff is a brick farmhouse on a steep bank above the South Fork of the Rockfish River, south of Wintergreen on Route 151 in Nelson County, Virginia. The core was built about 1785 and the wings were added by about 1805.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that River Bluff is an excellent example of how the popular Palladian three-part form was adapted in Virginia vernacular architecture. A small side-passage house was transformed into a symmetrical composition with flanking wings. It shows a local builder's simplified reading of more sophisticated models, and the house and its setting have changed little since the early 19th century.","narrative":"River Bluff is a brick farmhouse set on a steep bank above the South Fork of the Rockfish River, at the foot of the mountains of the George Washington National Forest in Nelson County. Its core is a two-story, side-passage, one-room house built about 1785. By about 1805 one-story wings had been attached to the east and west, the entrance was moved to the south gable end, and the building became a symmetrical three-part composition laid in Flemish bond. The nomination values the house as an example of Palladian ideas, drawn from English patternbooks, being simplified by a local builder in Virginia's Piedmont. Interiors are plain, with a Federal parlor mantel carved with fluted elliptical paterae. Early owners included Alexander Reid Jr., Nathaniel Clarke and Thomas Goodwin, whose heirs held it until 1876. No original outbuildings remain. The house was being rehabilitated as a residence at the time of listing in 1980.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Palladian (three-part composition) in Virginia vernacular architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and being rehabilitated for use as a private residence; no outbuildings survive and archaeological investigation was under way.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.815353-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/7/6820/41682007/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/80004205.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004205/6605537ffd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004205/6605537ffd-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:River_Bluff_at_Wintergreen.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:River_Bluff_at_Wintergreen.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"16000534","name":"South Rockfish Valley Rural Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/south-rockfish-valley-rural-historic-district-16000534/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682007","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Bluff_(Wintergreen,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713137"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/nelson-county/river-bluff-80004205/"}