{"nrhp_refnum":"85000299","name":"Gospel Hill Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Woodrow Wilson Birthplace","The Oaks","Thomas Michie Hs"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by E. Beverly, N. Market, E. Frederick and Kalorama Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Staunton (Independent City)","county":"Staunton","state":"VA","lat":38.15139007950006,"lon":-79.06723476032742,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-02-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 68.1 acres east-northeast of downtown Staunton, Virginia, with roughly 200 recorded structures, mostly houses built between 1840 and 1930.","why_significant":"The district holds a large collection of well-preserved houses representing a century of architectural styles, from Greek Revival to Bungalow. It reflects Staunton's growth from a frontier village into a leading mercantile center of Western Virginia, and its prosperous 'boom years'. It also contains seven properties individually listed in the National Register, including the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace.","narrative":"Gospel Hill is a hilly, tree-shaded residential neighborhood of about 68 acres just east-northeast of downtown Staunton. Its roughly 200 recorded structures range from modest cottages to mansions of fifteen or twenty rooms, and nearly all date from 1840 to 1930. Development accelerated after Beverley Street was extended in 1839 to reach the newly established school for the deaf and blind. Greek Revival brick houses of the 1840s were followed by homes in nearly every Victorian style, along with Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival and Bungalow designs. Limestone retaining walls and iron fences are common features. The oldest building is thought to be Kalorama, associated with the family of Sir William Beverley. Seven properties are individually listed, among them the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace. The district was recognized for its architectural variety, its strong integrity, and its record of Staunton's growth into a mercantile center of Western Virginia. Only nine buildings are considered non-contributing.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"T. J. Collins & Son (designer of several houses, including 305 and 313 East Beverley Street)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, Richardsonian Romanesque, Shingle Style, Stick Style, Tudor Revival, Colonial and Georgian Revival, Bungalow, with Italianate and vernacular examples","criteria":[],"status_note":"The form describes the district as almost entirely residential, very well maintained, and highly intact; many large houses have been converted to apartments with minimal exterior change. Only nine of about 200 structures are non-contributing.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:01.076781-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/1/6838/41683801/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/85000299.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000299/772fc24b71-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000299/772fc24b71-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berkeley_Place_on_Gospel_Hill.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berkeley_Place_on_Gospel_Hill.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683801","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_Hill_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16891799"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/staunton/gospel-hill-historic-district-85000299/"}