{"nrhp_refnum":"82004548","name":"Shady Grove","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E of Gladys on VA 650","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gladys","county":"Campbell County","state":"VA","lat":37.17319501800006,"lon":-79.04785340066026,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-08-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1½-story brick Federal farmhouse on VA Route 650, two miles east of Gladys in Campbell County, Virginia, built in 1825 by Paulina Cabell Henry on land inherited from her father, Dr. George Cabell of Point of Honor.","why_significant":"The house is significant as an example of country craftsmen interpreting sophisticated, academic architectural embellishment. Its carved parlor mantel imitates one at Point of Honor in Lynchburg, itself adapted from Owen Biddle's The Young Carpenter's Assistant. The unidentified artisan's naive work has a charm and vitality not found in more academic counterparts, and the exterior has an elegance and formality that transcend its provincialism.","narrative":"Shady Grove is a brick Federal farmhouse two miles east of Gladys in Campbell County, Virginia. Paulina Cabell Henry built it in 1825 on land inherited from her father, Dr. George Cabell of Point of Honor in Lynchburg. The 1½-story house has Flemish-bond brick on the facade, three-course American bond on the other walls, an English basement, and a doorway with a fanlight of Gothic-type tracery. Inside, a double-pile, center-passage plan holds paneled wainscoting and molded trim. The southwest parlor has a carved mantel with pineapples, swags and a basket of fruit, modeled on a mantel at Point of Honor and drawn ultimately from a pattern book by Owen Biddle. An unidentified local artisan carved it, giving the work a folk-like vitality. The property is valued as a refined example of provincial Federal architecture, where country craftsmen reinterpreted fashionable academic detail. A smokehouse, later farm buildings and the Henry family cemetery remain on the nominated 27 acres.","period_of_significance":"1825","architect_builder":"Builder/Architect unknown (built by Paulina Cabell Henry; interior work by an unidentified artisan)","architectural_style":"Federal (provincial Federal farmhouse)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Marked unoccupied on the form; the basement has been extensively renovated and holds a modern kitchen. A smokehouse and a later farm complex remain on the property.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.846327-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/20/6799/41679920/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/82004548.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004548/0ce7502e6c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004548/0ce7502e6c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shady_Grove_from_Mollies_Creek_Road.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shady_Grove_from_Mollies_Creek_Road.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679920","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shady_Grove_(Gladys,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713195"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/campbell-county/shady-grove-82004548/"}