{"nrhp_refnum":"82004594","name":"Earman, George, House","other_names":["Earman House","Earman-Logan House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"109 Pleasant Hill Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Harrisonburg","county":"Rockingham County","state":"VA","lat":38.429366454000046,"lon":-78.89664074399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-07-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A ca. 1822 five-bay brick \"I\" house on Pleasant Hill Road, south of Harrisonburg in Rockingham County, Virginia, built for farmer George Earman and later given a late 19th-century brick ell.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an outstanding example of the carving, joinery and painting found in early 19th-century Shenandoah Valley farmhouses. Behind a very plain exterior, the Federal-style woodwork shows lasting German influence and local reinterpretation of pattern book designs. The first-floor south parlor keeps rare original painted decoration, including marbleizing, graining and sponge work.","narrative":"Set along Blacks Run south of Harrisonburg, this ca. 1822 farmhouse looks like many other early 19th-century Valley homes: a plain five-bay brick \"I\" house with Flemish-bond brickwork, a molded brick cornice and brick arches over the windows. Its main entrance was later moved to the west wall, and a brick ell was added in the late 19th century, with a basement post dated 1878. The interior is the remarkable part. Local carpenters carved Federal-style mantels, cupboards and trim with sunbursts, urns and turned columns, interpreting pattern book designs in a robust German manner. The first-floor south parlor keeps original paint, including blue marbleizing, wood graining and bright green sponge work. Few examples of such complex painting survive. George Earman, born in Pennsylvania in 1774, farmed about 80 acres here, and tax records show $800 in new buildings added in 1823. A brick smokehouse with diaper-work patterns also survives on the three-acre property.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal interior woodwork in a five-bay brick \"I\" house with German-influenced decoration","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; the main block has been altered with a changed entrance, a porch and a bathroom partition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.6391-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/79/6834/41683479/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/82004594.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004594/9b330eec51-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004594/9b330eec51-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Earman_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Earman_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683479","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Earman_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15221531"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/rockingham-county/earman-george-house-82004594/"}