{"nrhp_refnum":"82004579","name":"Frascati","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Somerset on VA 231","address_restricted":false,"city":"Somerset","county":"Orange County","state":"VA","lat":38.19185749250005,"lon":-78.21167510278855,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-06-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Frascati is a Federal-style brick residence with a 25-acre farm setting south of Somerset on State Route 231 in Orange County, Virginia. It was built in 1821-23 for Philip Pendleton Barbour by master builder John M. Perry.","why_significant":"The nomination calls the house one of the outstanding architectural monuments of the Piedmont, combining a Jeffersonian-influenced Tuscan portico and classical detailing with a conventional Federal central-hall plan. It is also among the best documented 19th-century houses of central Virginia, with Perry's building contract, bills and an early drawing surviving. It is linked to Barbour, a congressman, Speaker of the House and Supreme Court justice.","narrative":"Frascati is a two-and-a-half-story brick house in the farmland of Orange County, Virginia, built between 1821 and 1823 for Philip Pendleton Barbour. Barbour served as Speaker of the House of Representatives while it went up and was later appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The builder was John M. Perry, an Albemarle County contractor who also worked on the University of Virginia. The house is laid in Flemish-bond brick and has a central-hall plan, a shallow hipped roof and a monumental Tuscan portico on the west front. Inside are plaster ceiling medallions, an open-well stair and Ionic mantels. The design shows Jeffersonian influence but follows conventional Federal planning, with the neighboring house Somerset as a stated model. Perry's original building contract, bills and a ca. 1830 charcoal sketch survive, making it unusually well documented. The listing covers 25 acres, including the house, a brick kitchen-laundry, remnant boxwood gardens and modern farm buildings.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"John M. Perry","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence and working farm; listed in excellent condition though altered, with a later kitchen wing, dormers and porches.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.642876-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/72/6823/41682372/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/82004579.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004579/f809edf112-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004579/f809edf112-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Ser Amantio di Nicolao","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frascati,_Somerset,_VA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ser Amantio di Nicolao</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frascati,_Somerset,_VA.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"90002115","name":"Madison-Barbour Rural Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/madison-barbour-rural-historic-district-90002115/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682372","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frascati_(Somerset,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5493539"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/orange-county/frascati-82004579/"}