{"nrhp_refnum":"84003484","name":"Faulkner House","other_names":["Seymour","Montesano","Garallen","Old Ivy Inn"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2201 Old Ivy Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charlottesville","county":"Albemarle County","state":"VA","lat":38.04766700300007,"lon":-78.51390907599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-05-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Education","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large two-story brick country house at 2201 Old Ivy Road, about a mile northwest of the University of Virginia campus near Charlottesville, built in 1855-56 and enlarged and remodeled in 1907.","why_significant":"The house is an important example of Albemarle County's antebellum rural architecture, later enlarged in the Colonial Revival manner by Washington architect Waddy B. Wood. It was the home of U.S. Senator Thomas S. Martin, a leader of Virginia's Democratic Party machine, and briefly served as Union General Thomas Devin's headquarters in 1865. It is named for novelist William Faulkner, who taught at the university.","narrative":"Set on a low ridge overlooking the University of Virginia, this two-story brick country house began in 1855-56 as a Greek Revival residence for Addison Maupin, who kept one of the university's dining halls. Its central block has an unusual double-pile plan in which the rear rooms are inset from the front. During the Civil War, in March 1865, it briefly served as headquarters for Union General Thomas Devin. In 1906 U.S. Senator Thomas S. Martin, a powerful Virginia Democratic leader, bought the property and hired Washington architect Waddy B. Wood to remodel it in 1907. Wood added flanking wings and a monumental Doric portico, while carefully matching original trim so that old and new work are hard to tell apart. The university bought the house in 1962 and named it for novelist William Faulkner, who taught there as a lecturer but never lived in it. Since 1975 it has housed the Miller Center of Public Affairs.","period_of_significance":"1855-56; 1907 (specific dates; periods checked 1800-1899 and 1900-)","architect_builder":"Waddy B. Wood (1907 enlargement and remodeling); built for Addison Maupin","architectural_style":"Classical Revival; original Greek Revival house remodeled in Colonial Revival style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the University of Virginia and occupied; headquarters of the Miller Center of Public Affairs since 1975. Outbuilding cottages are rented to university employees.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.650022-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/53/6793/41679353/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/84003484.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003484/b9a87d32f9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003484/b9a87d32f9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Rwhaley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Faulkner_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Rwhaley</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:Faulkner_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679353","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faulkner_House_(Charlottesville,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712315"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/albemarle-county/faulkner-house-84003484/"}