{"nrhp_refnum":"82001827","name":"Oakdene","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"605 E. Beverley St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Staunton (Independent City)","county":"Staunton","state":"VA","lat":38.152106985000046,"lon":-79.06484938999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Oakdene is a two-and-a-half-story Queen Anne style private residence at 605 East Beverley Street in Staunton, Virginia, built in 1893 for Edward Echols, with a terraced garden and a hillside garage.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it Staunton's finest and most exuberant example of the Queen Anne style, showing irregular massing, varied windows and a rich mix of textures and materials. It was built for Edward Echols, later lieutenant governor of Virginia and president of National Valley Bank. The exterior is almost entirely intact, and the landscaped garden with fine stonework has been maintained.","narrative":"Oakdene is a Queen Anne style house at 605 East Beverley Street in Staunton, Virginia, built in 1893 for Edward Echols. Echols later served as lieutenant governor of Virginia and as president of the National Valley Bank. The two-and-a-half-story house has an irregular plan, a slate roof with hipped and gabled sections, tall chimneys with decorative brickwork, and a conical-roofed turret topped by a cupola with an owl finial. Its materials include coursed limestone, pressed brick, patterned shingles and half-timbered stucco. Inside, Gothic-arched wainscoting, an oak staircase and a large Gothic-arched window dominate the entrance hall. The grounds hold terraced gardens with stone walls by the local masons Larner & Smith, and a hillside garage with a revolving disc for turning cars. The architect is unidentified. The house is described as Staunton's most exuberant Queen Anne building, built during the city's boomtown period, and it remains almost entirely intact.","period_of_significance":"1893","architect_builder":"Unknown; architect unidentified (family tradition suggests a large Philadelphia firm; Goforth & Yarnall was working in Staunton about 1893). Stonework by Larner & Smith.","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied private residence; exterior almost entirely intact, lacking only the front porch roof and a roof dormer.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:56.89601-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/19/6838/41683819/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/82001827.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001827/c40a1acbe1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001827/c40a1acbe1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oakdene_in_Staunton.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oakdene_in_Staunton.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"85000299","name":"Gospel Hill Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/gospel-hill-historic-district-85000299/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683819","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakdene_(Staunton,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16896057"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/staunton/oakdene-82001827/"}