{"nrhp_refnum":"85003201","name":"Burks-Guy-Hagen House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"520 Peaks St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bedford (Independent City)","county":"Bedford (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.33942667800005,"lon":-79.52307639999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-12-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Law","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A red brick Victorian villa-style house built in 1884 at 520 Peaks Street in Bedford, Virginia, on a nine-acre landscaped tract at the northern edge of the Bedford Historic District.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as the best example of late Victorian domestic architecture in Bedford and as a picturesque villa of the kind promoted by Andrew Jackson Downing. Its landscaped grounds, sited for a view of the Peaks of Otter, are among the city's principal open spaces. It was built for Judge Martin P. Burks, later dean of Washington and Lee's law school and a Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals justice.","narrative":"Set on a knoll at the northern edge of Bedford's historic district, this 1884 brick house was built for Judge Martin P. Burks, who later became dean of the Washington and Lee law school and a justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. It follows the villa type described by Andrew Jackson Downing, with an irregular plan, a three-level central tower, slate roofs, and bracketed wooden gables. The house sits at the head of a broad lawn reached by a sweeping walk, shaded by large trees, some dating from the Victorian era. It was sited to look north toward the Peaks of Otter about ten miles away, and a wooded meadow behind the house keeps that view free of modern intrusion. The front porch was replaced in 1920 and a bedroom wing added in 1925, yet the original design remains intact. No architect is known. The house and nine-acre grounds are described as Bedford's best late Victorian domestic example and one of its principal open spaces.","period_of_significance":"1884","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian villa (mid-Victorian/late Italianate)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; house and grounds maintained in excellent condition, with some alterations such as a replaced front porch and rear additions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:01.034891-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/84/6797/41679784/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/85003201.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003201/ecbc711716-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003201/ecbc711716-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"LeeG7144","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burks-Guy-Hagen_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">LeeG7144</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:Burks-Guy-Hagen_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"84000031","name":"Bedford Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/bedford-historic-district-84000031/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679784","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burks%E2%80%93Guy%E2%80%93Hagen_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712109"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/bedford/burks-guy-hagen-house-85003201/"}