{"nrhp_refnum":"82001821","name":"Newtown Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"VA 721 and 625","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newtown","county":"King and Queen County","state":"VA","lat":37.91253294400008,"lon":-77.12974221822714,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small mid-19th-century crossroads settlement in King and Queen County, Virginia, about forty-five miles northeast of Richmond, where Routes 721 and 625 meet. It has about ten frame farmhouses and a similar number of outbuildings, set among farm fields, in a 46-acre district.","why_significant":"Newtown grew from a late colonial crossroads on the Great Post Road into the largest post village in antebellum King and Queen County, supporting stores, churches and a succession of private academies. It was also the site of Pickett's Division's last tactical action before the march to Gettysburg in June 1863. It survives as a Tidewater crossroads retaining its 19th-century rural character.","narrative":"Newtown is a small crossroads village in King and Queen County, Virginia, about forty-five miles northeast of Richmond, where Routes 721 and 625 meet. About ten frame farmhouses, most from the 19th century, sit on large lots among planted fields, and the open farmland is part of the district. The settlement began in the late colonial period around a store and ordinary on the Great Post Road. By 1836 it was the largest village in the county, with stores, a church, tradesmen and a male seminary, and it supported a long run of private academies. In early June 1863 it was the scene of the last tactical action of General George Pickett's division before its march to Gettysburg. Notable buildings include The Hill, from the late 18th century, the Lee Boulware House of about 1823, the Richardson Lumpkin House of about 1839, the Samuel S. Gresham House of about 1845, and Walton's Academy of about 1854.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Vernacular, with Federal and modified Federal houses","criteria":[],"status_note":"Most dwellings show only minor exterior alterations; the form lists the district as occupied and unoccupied, with agricultural, commercial and residential uses. Walton's Academy is described as standing in good condition.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:58.198978-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/97/6813/41681397/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/82001821.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001821/ba05f2dc86-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001821/ba05f2dc86-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Ser Amantio di Nicolao","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Newtown,_Virginia_post_office.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ser Amantio di Nicolao</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:Newtown,_Virginia_post_office.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681397","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtown_Historic_District_(Newtown,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712965"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/king-and-queen-county/newtown-historic-district-82001821/"}