{"nrhp_refnum":"84000037","name":"Mount Hope","other_names":["VHLC File No. 110-15"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"203 Oak St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Falls Church (Independent City)","county":"Falls Church","state":"VA","lat":38.886104670000066,"lon":-77.18146439299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-10-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Mount Hope is a residence at 203 Oak Street in Falls Church, Virginia, made up of a ca. 1830 frame farmhouse, an 1869 High Victorian brick house built by A. E. Lounsberry, and a brick infill section joining them.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that each house is a striking example of its era in the Falls Church area. The frame house is a simple early 19th-century Northern Virginia farmhouse, a type that has nearly disappeared. The brick house is highly developed and well detailed, and its attribution to builder Lounsberry opens the way to identifying his other work. Together they reflect the city's growth and changing tastes.","narrative":"Mount Hope on Oak Street in Falls Church combines two dwellings from different eras. The older is a 1½-story frame farmhouse built about 1830, probably by Samuel Moxley, on a brick foundation. It keeps its early sash, including unusual six-over-nine windows, and much of its trim. The newer part is a 2½-story brick house completed in 1869 for William A. Duncan by local builder A. E. Lounsberry. Its design is best described as High Victorian, with Gothic touches such as bargeboards with trefoil cutouts, a corbelled attic balcony and a pointed-arch window. A one-bay brick section joins the two houses. The property was once a 216-acre farm and was reportedly an early stopping place on the mail route. It was recognized because the frame house represents a vanishing type of farm dwelling and the brick house shows skilled Victorian craftsmanship. Both retain their integrity, and later changes are reversible.","period_of_significance":"Ca. 1830; 1869","architect_builder":"A.E. Lounsberry (1869)","architectural_style":"High Victorian (1869 brick house); late Georgian/Greek Revival transitional (ca. 1830 frame house)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; described as in excellent condition, with some reversible alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.854082-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/78/6805/41680578/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/84000037.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000037/318ddf39bf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000037/318ddf39bf-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Billkoplitz","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Hope_front.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Billkoplitz</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Hope_front.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680578","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hope_(Falls_Church,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15256824"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/falls-church/mount-hope-84000037/"}