{"nrhp_refnum":"84003525","name":"Timberlake-Branham House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1512 E. Market St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charlottesville (Independent City)","county":"Charlottesville","state":"VA","lat":38.023859953000056,"lon":-78.46242969699995,"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-storey vernacular Virginia I-house at 1512 East Market Street in Charlottesville, Virginia, built in 1886 for James E. Timberlake, a foreman at the Charlottesville Woolen Mills.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a fine example of a vernacular Virginia I-house with Victorian details, and as notable for remaining relatively unaltered. Its front porch with chamfered square pillars and simple brackets and its sidelight treatment around the front door are singled out. It is also one of several houses in the area built by Woolen Mills employees.","narrative":"Built in 1886 at 1512 East Market Street in Charlottesville, this two-storey, three-bay, single-pile house is a somewhat elongated Virginia I-house clad in white weatherboard on a low brick foundation. James E. Timberlake, a foreman at the Charlottesville Woolen Mills, bought the land that year and built the house, and the family kept it for about fifty years. A semi-octagonal addition stands at the east end, and a Z-shaped series of one-storey additions sits at the southwest rear corner. Victorian touches include a central front gable, small cornice brackets and an entrance porch with chamfered square pillars and simple brackets. The front door has sidelights and a transom. The property is regarded as a good, relatively unaltered example of the vernacular I-house type and as one of several homes built by Woolen Mills employees in this part of the city. It still overlooks Woolen Mills Road from a broad lawn and farmland.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"James E. Timberlake (original owner, built the house)","architectural_style":"Vernacular Virginia I-house with Victorian details","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition listed as good in the survey; used as a residence and still surrounded by about 7.74 acres of farmland.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.620635-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/49/6786/41678649/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/84003525.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003525/11a105acd4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003525/11a105acd4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Nickmorgan2","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Timberlake_Branham.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:Timberlake_Branham.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678649","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timberlake%E2%80%93Branham_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16901676"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/charlottesville/timberlake-branham-house-84003525/"}