{"nrhp_refnum":"83004232","name":"Spring Hill","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"VA 637 and 786","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ivy","county":"Albemarle County","state":"VA","lat":38.04843383650004,"lon":-78.60084898744327,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Spring Hill is a rural plantation complex on a low ridge about a thousand yards south of Ivy in Albemarle County, Virginia. It includes a brick slave quarters, a brick main house, a frame addition, a dairy, a kitchen and a schoolhouse, built from the late 18th century onward.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that Spring Hill is a fine example of academic and vernacular architecture evolving over more than two centuries of Albemarle County settlement. The University of Virginia School of Architecture has used it for field trips and student projects. Its owners included early settler Michael Woods, magistrate Clifton Rodes and tavern proprietor Thomas Wells, and one family held it for five generations and 166 years.","narrative":"Spring Hill is a farm complex on a low ridge south of Ivy, Virginia, where buildings from the late 1700s to about 1930 show how a rural Albemarle County property grew over time. The oldest structure is a brick slave quarters that probably served as the first residence. Nearby stands a two-story Flemish-bond brick main house with one room per floor, flanked by a brick dairy and kitchen. A larger frame addition with a central hall was attached later, followed by a dining room ell around 1870 and a kitchen and pantry about 1930. A small schoolhouse also remains. The property matters as an example of academic and vernacular building traditions blending across two centuries, and University of Virginia architecture students have studied it. Owners included early settler Michael Woods, magistrate Clifton Rodes and Thomas Wells, a tavern keeper linked to the founding of Albemarle Academy. The Harper-Wood family held it for 166 years. The remaining 10.795 acres keep a park-like rural setting.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Rural vernacular, with Flemish-bond brick main house and Greek Revival interior details in the frame addition","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied; the slave quarters is used as a rental unit, and the dairy and kitchen are in need of repair.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.746874-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/59/6793/41679359/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/83004232.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004232/d6dba66dd5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004232/d6dba66dd5-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spring_Hill_driveway.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spring_Hill_driveway.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679359","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Hill_(Ivy,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713235"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/albemarle-county/spring-hill-83004232/"}