{"nrhp_refnum":"82004556","name":"Elms, The","other_names":["P. D. Camp House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Clay St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Franklin (Independent City)","county":"Franklin (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":36.67921723000006,"lon":-76.93304971532419,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-09-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-story stuccoed brick late Victorian mansion on Clay Street in Franklin, Virginia, built in 1898-99 by Paul D. Camp as the centerpiece of his estate, also known as the P. D. Camp House.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a symbol of the success of the Camp Manufacturing Company, a large lumber enterprise that became Union Camp Corporation, and of the Camp family's philanthropy in Franklin. It is also characteristic of the large, assertive residences built by prominent businessmen in the late 19th century. It reminds viewers of the prosperity the family brought to the area.","narrative":"Set on a broad, tree-dotted lawn on Clay Street in Franklin, Virginia, the Elms is a rambling 2½-story stuccoed brick mansion completed in 1898-99 for lumberman Paul D. Camp. Its design mixes Queen Anne and Colonial Revival features, including a conical-roofed three-story turret, a pedimented gable, a slate hipped roof with iron cresting, and a one-story porch with turned posts. Inside, an open-well stair with a carved newel and fine oak and pine trim reflect the family's lumber fortune, and the parlors keep Colonial Revival mantels. Camp and his brothers bought sawmills after the Civil War and built the Camp Manufacturing Company, later Union Camp Corporation, into one of the East Coast's largest lumber concerns. The family also funded schools and libraries. The house is valued as a typical large Victorian business-leader residence and as a reminder of the prosperity the Camp enterprise brought to Franklin. The property includes a lawn, rear outbuildings and a pasture.","period_of_significance":"1898-99","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Eclectic late 19th-century Victorian with Colonial Revival and Queen Anne features","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and used as a private residence; described as unaltered on its original site, with a rear ell added and a side porch enclosed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.478781-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/76/6807/41680776/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/82004556.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004556/15ac6489b4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004556/15ac6489b4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sedleyretired","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elms_located_on_Clay_Street,_Franklin,_VA..JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Sedleyretired</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:Elms_located_on_Clay_Street,_Franklin,_VA..JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"85000988","name":"Franklin Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/franklin-historic-district-85000988/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680776","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elms_(Franklin,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16835063"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/franklin/elms-the-82004556/"}