{"nrhp_refnum":"80004441","name":"Upper Weyanoke","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S. of Charles City on VA 619","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charles City","county":"Charles City County","state":"VA","lat":37.29785961050004,"lon":-77.07304626319868,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-12-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Literature","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Upper Weyanoke is a farm estate on the Weyanoke peninsula along the James River in Charles City County, Virginia, with a 1½-story brick cottage from the first quarter of the 19th century and a two-story Greek Revival brick house built in 1858-59.","why_significant":"The estate has been occupied since the mid-17th century and is one of the James River's oldest. Archaeological work shows nearly continuous settlement from the late 17th to the late 19th century. The cottage is a vernacular example showing the shift from colonial to later building methods, and the later house reflects a change in architectural taste. A 19th-century garden and the archaeological sites add to its research value.","narrative":"Upper Weyanoke is a James River estate in Charles City County, Virginia, where two brick houses stand about 100 yards apart. The older is a 1½-story Flemish-bond cottage from the early 19th century, probably built by John Minge, with a hall-and-parlor plan and later additions. Excavations show it was originally one of a pair. The second is a two-story Greek Revival house of 1858-59, built after fires destroyed earlier Minge buildings, with a stepped parapet wall and an open-well stair. A Victorian-style garden path runs toward the river. The land was first patented in 1618 by Sir George Yeardley. Archaeological testing in 1980 found a brick foundation near the cottage and three field sites with artifacts from about 1690 to 1790. The property was listed for its architecture, its garden, and its potential to show three centuries of plantation life on the James River.","period_of_significance":"early 19th century; 1858-9","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Greek Revival (1858-59 house); vernacular early 19th-century cottage with Federal-style details","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and unoccupied, used as a private residence and for agriculture; the cottage received additions around 1954 and a renovation in 1930-33.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.026679-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/96/6799/41679996/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/80004441.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004441/5559ba29ba-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80004441/5559ba29ba-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UPPER_WEYANOKE,_CHARLES_CITY_COUNTY,_VA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UPPER_WEYANOKE,_CHARLES_CITY_COUNTY,_VA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679996","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Weyanoke","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16902391"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/charles-city-county/upper-weyanoke-80004441/"}