{"nrhp_refnum":"84003498","name":"Dabney-Thompson House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1602 Gordon Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charlottesville (Independent City)","county":"Charlottesville","state":"VA","lat":38.039967166000054,"lon":-78.49924402599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-01-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story white weatherboarded Queen Anne style house at 1602 Gordon Avenue in Charlottesville, Virginia, built in 1894 by Richard Heath Dabney as his residence.","why_significant":"The survey describes it as one of the first examples of the Queen Anne style in Charlottesville, with notable decorative glazing and gable ornament. It was also the home of Richard Heath Dabney, a University of Virginia history professor and later Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. A federal reviewer called the significance statement marginal but sufficient, based on architecture.","narrative":"Built in 1894 at 1602 Gordon Avenue in Charlottesville, this two-story Queen Anne house was the home of Richard Heath Dabney, a history professor who later became Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Virginia. The white weatherboarded house has an irregular square plan with projecting bays on every side, a steeply pitched slate hip roof, and tall gables covered in pressed tin. Spindle fan motifs, curved brackets with spool trim, and decorative glazing give the exterior its character. Inside, an open-well staircase with an Eastlake balustrade rises from the entrance hall, and four rooms have Colonial Revival mantels. Dabney sold the property in 1919, and it later served as a rooming house for about thirty years before becoming a mental health clinic in 1970. It was listed for its architecture, as an early Charlottesville example of the Queen Anne style that has changed very little over time.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Richard Heath Dabney (original owner and builder)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne (listed as Victorian)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition listed as very good; used as a mental health clinic, with a trailer added for office space in 1975. Altered very little apart from two enclosed back porches.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.581302-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/71/6786/41678671/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/84003498.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003498/e9354875a8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003498/e9354875a8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Nickmorgan2","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dabney_Thompson.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Nickmorgan2</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:Dabney_Thompson.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"84003523","name":"Rugby Road-University Corner Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/rugby-road-university-corner-historic-district-84003523/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678671","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabney%E2%80%93Thompson_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15212454"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/charlottesville/dabney-thompson-house-84003498/"}