{"nrhp_refnum":"83003276","name":"Updike, Robert L., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"620 Prospect Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charlottesville (Independent City)","county":"Charlottesville","state":"VA","lat":38.02471907900008,"lon":-78.49406710999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-08-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Colonial Revival house at 620 Prospect Avenue in Charlottesville, Virginia, built in 1904 by Robert L. Updike, owner of an adjacent brickyard.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as an interesting vernacular interpretation of the Colonial Revival style. It was most likely designed by its builder-owner and is probably the largest vernacular Colonial Revival house in Charlottesville. Its brick columns are of special interest because the owner ran a brickyard next to the property.","narrative":"Built in 1904 at 620 Prospect Avenue in Charlottesville, this two-story brick house was constructed by Robert L. Updike on land he and his brothers bought in 1899 as part of the proposed Olinda subdivision. Updike was connected with the family brickyard just north of the tract, and the one-story rear porch originally overlooked it. The house is three bays wide and double pile, with a steep gable roof, four interior chimneys and a full-height portico on the facade. Four square brick columns with corbelled capitals, painted white, support a shingled pediment, and a small balcony with a wrought iron balustrade sits above the entrance. The nomination describes it as a vernacular interpretation of the Colonial Revival style, most likely designed by its builder-owner and probably the largest vernacular example of the style in the city. The brick columns are of particular interest because the owner ran the adjacent brickyard. The house has been rented for decades and remains in good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Robert L. Updike (builder-owner, most likely designer)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Reported in good condition and used as rental residential property.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.766282-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/25/6786/41678625/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/83003276.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003276/2cd3a2bcd4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003276/2cd3a2bcd4-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_L._Updike_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_L._Updike_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678625","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Updike_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15272832"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/charlottesville/updike-robert-l-house-83003276/"}