{"nrhp_refnum":"82004532","name":"Carrsbrook","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"VA 1424","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charlottesville","county":"Albemarle County","state":"VA","lat":38.09353077900005,"lon":-78.45500466399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-07-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Carrsbrook is a frame Palladian five-part plantation house near Charlottesville in Albemarle County, Virginia, built between 1780 and 1790 on a bluff above the Rivanna River valley for Capt. Thomas Carr.","why_significant":"It is a provincial adaptation of the five-part Palladian plan from Robert Morris's Select Architecture, and it departs from the rectangular form of early Georgian Virginia houses. From 1798 to 1815 it was the home and school of Peter Carr, Thomas Jefferson's nephew and ward, who received Jefferson's 1814 letter on public education. The form also notes a possible Jefferson influence on the design.","narrative":"Carrsbrook is a Palladian-style frame house on a bluff overlooking the Rivanna River valley near Charlottesville. Built between 1780 and 1790 for Capt. Thomas Carr, it has a pedimented central block with perpendicular wings joined by one-story hyphens. This five-part arrangement follows a plan popularized by Robert Morris's Select Architecture, here interpreted in a provincial manner. Original details survive inside, including heart-pine floors, six-panel doors and Federal mantels, despite a 1960 restoration and additions. The house is also tied to Peter Carr, nephew and ward of Thomas Jefferson, who lived here from 1798 until his death in 1815. He served in the House of Delegates, ran a private school at the house, and was president of the trustees of Albemarle Academy, a forerunner of the University of Virginia. Jefferson's 1814 letter outlining a system of public education was addressed to him. The property was later held by the Minor and Stockton families and remained a working farm until 1959.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1780-1790","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Palladian five-part house (provincial interpretation)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied private residence in good, largely unaltered condition; restored in 1960, with additions made then. The surrounding farm was subdivided in 1960, leaving four acres.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.138207-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/55/6793/41679355/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/82004532.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004532/0d03d0a12f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004532/0d03d0a12f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carrsbrook,_South_Fork_River_vicinity,_Charlottesville_vicinity_(Albemarle_County,_Virginia).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carrsbrook,_South_Fork_River_vicinity,_Charlottesville_vicinity_(Albemarle_County,_Virginia).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679355","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrsbrook","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712132"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/albemarle-county/carrsbrook-82004532/"}