{"nrhp_refnum":"82004599","name":"Breezy Hill","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1220 N. Augusta St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Staunton (Independent City)","county":"Staunton","state":"VA","lat":38.160208056000045,"lon":-79.06977131099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-07-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Breezy Hill is a three-story, roughly thirty-room suburban villa at 1220 North Augusta Street in Staunton, Virginia, begun around 1896 and completed in 1909. It was designed by architect T.J. Collins and sits on a three-acre lot with outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as a reflection of Staunton's turn-of-the-century boom years and one of the most ambitious large houses of that period. It blends Queen Anne and Shingle styles in a design described as unique in the area. It is also the work of T.J. Collins, the city's leading architect for several decades, and retains nearly all of its original exterior fabric.","narrative":"Breezy Hill is a large suburban villa of about thirty rooms on North Augusta Street in Staunton, Virginia. Built between about 1896 and 1909 on what was then the edge of the city, it combines Queen Anne and Shingle styles. The house rises three stories and is built of limestone, fieldstone and unpainted fishscale shingles that have weathered to a warm brown. A turret, a projecting gable and a wraparound veranda with coupled Ionic columns define the front. Inside, the foyer has a mahogany staircase, leaded glass and classically inspired mantels. Architect T.J. Collins designed it for Mrs. Thomas P. Grasty, who kept him busy with design changes. The exterior is almost entirely original apart from the lost turret roof, and the original carriage house, shed and \"Doll House\" survive. Later uses included the Breezy Hill Inn in the 1920s and early 1930s, and the home of benefactor Edwin F. Conger. It now holds offices and apartments.","period_of_significance":"1896-1909","architect_builder":"T.J. Collins","architectural_style":"Queen Anne and Shingle styles","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in excellent condition; the first floor is used as an orthodontic office and the upper floors are divided into six apartments. The original bell-shaped turret roof has been removed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:56.604707-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/25/6838/41683825/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/82004599.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004599/ac84b814d7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82004599/ac84b814d7-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Breezy_Hill_in_Staunton.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Breezy_Hill_in_Staunton.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683825","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breezy_Hill","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16824245"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/staunton/breezy-hill-82004599/"}