{"nrhp_refnum":"82004546","name":"Avoca","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of Altavista on US 29","address_restricted":false,"city":"Altavista","county":"Campbell County","state":"VA","lat":37.13022306700003,"lon":-79.26970189599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-09-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Avoca is a 2½-story wood-frame Queen Anne-style country house built in 1901 on U.S. Route 29 north of Altavista, Campbell County, Virginia, to plans by Lynchburg architect John Minor Botts Lewis.","why_significant":"The nomination argues Avoca is one of Virginia's best examples of a Queen Anne-style country residence, showing the style's late phase with Colonial Revival detailing. The site is also tied to the Lynch family since the 1740s and was the location of Green Level, home of Revolutionary War patriot Col. Charles Lynch, where Tories were tried and flogged.","narrative":"Avoca is a Queen Anne-style country house standing north of Altavista in Campbell County, Virginia. Built in 1901 for Thomas and Mary Fauntleroy, it was designed by Lynchburg architect John Minor Botts Lewis. The asymmetrical 2½-story frame house has a hipped roof broken by towers, dormers and projections, a wraparound veranda with paired columns, and a wide variety of window types. Colonial Revival touches appear in the window cornices, transoms and sidelights. Several older outbuildings survive from earlier houses on the site, along with the Lynch family cemetery. The property was first patented by Charles Lynch in the 1740s. His son, Col. Charles Lynch, built a dwelling called Green Level here, where Tory sympathizers were tried and flogged during the Revolution. Fire destroyed two later houses before the present one was built. The house was given to the town of Altavista in 1981 and is now described as abandoned, with its future use uncertain.","period_of_significance":"1900-1901","architect_builder":"John Minor Botts Lewis","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Presented to the Town of Altavista in 1981; the house is described as abandoned with its future use uncertain.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.891372-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/35/6799/41679935/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/82004546.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004546/1fc66d73f5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004546/1fc66d73f5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Avocamuseum","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Avoca_facade.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Avocamuseum</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:Avoca_facade.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679935","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avoca_(Altavista,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14711992"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/campbell-county/avoca-82004546/"}