{"nrhp_refnum":"82004576","name":"Kendall Grove","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"VA 674","address_restricted":false,"city":"Eastville","county":"Northampton County","state":"VA","lat":37.38228536400004,"lon":-75.94274348085058,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-06-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Kendall Grove is a two-story, wood-frame Federal-style plantation house with outbuildings on a 34-acre peninsula along Mattawoman Creek, about 2.5 miles northwest of Eastville in Northampton County, Virginia. It was built ca. 1813 and expanded ca. 1840.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of a group of prominent Federal-style houses on Virginia's Eastern Shore, with a notable interior showing how the local gentry adapted Boston, Baltimore and Philadelphia fashions. Its long passage to the kitchen and its outbuilding layout are cited as indigenous Eastern Shore features. It is also significant as the home of builder Judge George Parker and his son, General Severn E. Parker, a state legislator and U.S. congressman.","narrative":"Kendall Grove is a Federal-style plantation house on a peninsula along Mattawoman Creek, northwest of Eastville in Northampton County, Virginia. Judge George Parker, a member of the Virginia Convention of 1788, built it around 1813 on land that had belonged to George Kendall. The cross-shaped, two-story frame house received end wings, new interior detailing and a long passage to the kitchen around 1840. Its interior has plaster moldings, King of Prussia marble mantel surrounds, Wellford ornamentation and Greek Revival mantels. These features show how Eastern Shore families adopted fashions from Boston, Baltimore and Philadelphia. The covered passage and the linear row of dairy, storage shed and smokehouse reflect local building traditions. The property was also home to Parker's son, General Severn E. Parker, who served in the Virginia legislature and in Congress from 1819 to 1821. The 34 acres include the house, original outbuildings, a garden and the family cemetery. The property has stayed with descendants of the Costin family since the 1850s.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Builder/architect listed as unknown; the narrative says it was built ca. 1813 by George Parker","architectural_style":"Federal, with Greek Revival detailing added ca. 1840","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in excellent condition, unaltered and on its original site; used as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:58.040627-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/42/6822/41682242/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/82004576.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004576/ffc23fa9fe-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004576/ffc23fa9fe-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jack Boucher","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kendall_Grove,_State_Route_674,_Eastville_vicinity_(Northampton_County,_Virginia).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack Boucher</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kendall_Grove,_State_Route_674,_Eastville_vicinity_(Northampton_County,_Virginia).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682242","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendall_Grove_(Eastville,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14692091"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/northampton-county/kendall-grove-82004576/"}