{"nrhp_refnum":"85003052","name":"Piney Grove","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"VA 615","address_restricted":false,"city":"Holdcroft","county":"Charles City County","state":"VA","lat":37.37338218600007,"lon":-76.97809247299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-11-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame house with attached log and frame sections near Holdcroft, Charles City County, Virginia, begun about 1800 as a log corn crib and later turned into a store and then a residence.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that Piney Grove is a rare survival of log vernacular architecture in Tidewater Virginia. It is also a unique log farm building later twice incorporated into a larger frame structure, and the only known surviving corn crib turned store. For 85 years, from 1820 to 1905, it served as a general store for travelers and residents along the old main road.","narrative":"Piney Grove, near Holdcroft in Charles City County, began about 1800 as a 20-by-22-foot log corn crib on Furnea Southall's farm. In 1820 it was moved to a spot seventy feet north of the old main road from the ferry to the Court House and converted into a general merchandise store. John Stubblefield doubled the building with a frame addition in 1853, and a lean-to followed soon after. Thomas F. Harwood enlarged it into a two-story residence in 1905, incorporating the earlier sections, and later owners altered the porches in the 1920s. Restoration to its early twentieth century appearance began in 1984. The nomination describes it as a rare Tidewater survival of log vernacular construction and the only known surviving corn crib turned store. It is closely related to log buildings at Mount Stirling and Shirley, both now ruinous. For eighty-five years the store served travelers and residents of the Poplar Springs area.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 and 1900- (specific dates c. 1800, 1820, 1853 and 1905)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Log vernacular architecture; two-story, single-pile, center-passage frame block","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; the form lists condition as excellent and altered, with restoration to its early twentieth century appearance begun in 1984.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.613291-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/92/6799/41679992/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/85003052.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003052/a6bd976ba0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003052/a6bd976ba0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PINEY_GROVE,_CHARLES_CITY_COUNTY,_VA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PINEY_GROVE,_CHARLES_CITY_COUNTY,_VA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679992","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piney_Grove_at_Southall%27s_Plantation","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7195623"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/charles-city-county/piney-grove-85003052/"}