{"nrhp_refnum":"82004540","name":"Clover Mount","other_names":["Tate House","Stone House Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W of Greenvile on VA 674","address_restricted":false,"city":"Greenville","county":"Augusta County","state":"VA","lat":37.999454943000046,"lon":-79.20710593994318,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-09-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Clover Mount is a two-story, five-bay cut limestone farmhouse with a frame bank barn and outbuildings, set along Broadhead Creek near Greenville in southern Augusta County, Virginia. The house was built in two stages, probably beginning around 1790 and completed by 1803, for Robert Tate.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as one of the earliest and best-preserved of a small group of vernacular stone houses in southern Augusta County. Its original section is an unusual full two-story stone hall-parlor plan, and the house was later enlarged into an I-house-like form. Recently uncovered early 19th-century stenciled wall designs in seven rooms are described as the most extensive found in the central Shenandoah Valley.","narrative":"Clover Mount is a cut limestone farmhouse on Broadhead Creek near Greenville, in southern Augusta County, Virginia. Robert Tate, whose family had come from Ireland by way of Pennsylvania, acquired the land in 1775. The house was probably begun around 1790 as a two-story, two-room hall-parlor dwelling, a form the nomination calls unusual in stone. It was soon enlarged with a two-bay addition, giving a five-bay house with a central passage, and a 1803 insurance record confirms the enlarged form. Original woodwork, a winder staircase and several mantels survive, along with mid-19th-century Greek Revival changes. Restoration has uncovered early 19th-century stenciled walls in seven rooms, painted in green and iron red on a buff ground with tulip and pinwheel motifs. The nomination describes this as the most extensive stenciling found in the central Shenandoah Valley. A frame bank barn and later farm outbuildings complete the nominated eight-acre setting.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1790-1803","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular stone house; hall-parlor plan enlarged to a central-passage plan, with mid-19th-century Greek Revival alterations","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in good condition, used as a private residence; restoration of the stenciling was under way.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:58.13651-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/59/6796/41679659/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/82004540.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004540/9957f079ee-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004540/9957f079ee-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Philip N. Wheeler","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clover_Mount_front.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Philip N. Wheeler</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clover_Mount_front.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679659","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clover_Mount","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712192"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/augusta-county/clover-mount-82004540/"}