{"nrhp_refnum":"80004208","name":"Berry Hill","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Orange on VA 647","address_restricted":false,"city":"Orange Vicinity","county":"Orange County","state":"VA","lat":38.23388380500003,"lon":-78.10925665987565,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-05-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Law","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Berry Hill is a 2½-story brick residence built in 1827 on a hill overlooking the town of Orange, Orange County, Virginia, for County Clerk Reynolds Chapman. The design is attributed to master mason William B. Philips.","why_significant":"The house is one of a select group of Jeffersonian-style buildings attributed to or documented as built by William B. Philips, a master mason who worked for Thomas Jefferson at the University of Virginia. It originally resembled Pavilion VII, with a Tuscan portico over an arcade. The nomination calls it one of the most successful Jeffersonian adaptations for a private residence.","narrative":"Berry Hill is a brick house of 2½ stories on a hill south of the town of Orange, Virginia. Reynolds Chapman, who became Orange County Clerk of Court in 1801, had it built in 1827. The design is attributed to William B. Philips, a master mason who had worked for Thomas Jefferson at the University of Virginia. The main pavilion originally had a first-story arcade carrying a Tuscan columned portico, echoing Pavilion VII at the University. The portico was enclosed with brick soon after construction, and the east wall windows were blocked, giving a plan similar to the Southeast Hotel. The house keeps Flemish-bond brickwork, a pediment with a fanlight, and 6/6 sash windows. A kitchen wing was added in 1907, and a boxwood garden was planted early in the 20th century. The attribution rests on similarities in brickwork and design to documented Philips buildings. During the Civil War the house served as a signal station. About 48 acres were nominated.","period_of_significance":"1827","architect_builder":"attributed to William B. Philips","architectural_style":"Jeffersonian (Palladian/Roman Revival)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as private residence, unoccupied at the time of nomination; a farm is maintained on the surrounding property.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.820281-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/74/6823/41682374/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/80004208.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004208/2ef99e4557-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004208/2ef99e4557-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berry_Hill_near_Orange.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berry_Hill_near_Orange.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682374","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry_Hill_(Orange,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15198627"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/orange-county/berry-hill-80004208/"}