{"nrhp_refnum":"87000006","name":"Maple Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of US 11 and I-81 and I-64","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lexington","county":"Rockbridge County","state":"VA","lat":37.84555737750006,"lon":-79.36292201078392,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-01-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Maple Hall is a two-story Greek Revival brick house with an ell on an English basement, about four miles north of Lexington in Rockbridge County, Virginia, built around 1855 for John Beard Gibson. The property also has an 1820s brick outbuilding and a small moved log outbuilding.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the most imposing ante-bellum residences in Rockbridge County, with a Greek Revival design not exceeded by any other home in the county. Its interior mantels and trim closely copy plates from Asher Benjamin's The Practical House Carpenter, the only known case in the county of such literal copying. Together with the brick and log outbuildings, it shows both vernacular and high-style Valley architecture of the first half of the nineteenth century.","narrative":"Maple Hall is a brick Greek Revival house on a hilltop about four miles north of Lexington, in Rockbridge County, Virginia. John Beard Gibson, a landowner who ran milling and distilling operations, built it in 1855 on land he had bought in 1834. The east front has a two-story pedimented portico with paired giant Doric columns of stuccoed brick. The main block has a central-passage plan on an English basement, with a two-story ell added behind. Inside, the mantels, door and window trim closely follow plates in Asher Benjamin's The Practical House Carpenter, which the nomination describes as the only known instance of such literal copying in the county. Two older outbuildings stand nearby: a brick building from about the 1820s, traditionally called the Slave Quarters though probably built as a dwelling, and a small log storage building moved to the site. The house has been converted to an inn, with a rear addition built in 1985.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival (main house); Federal (1820s brick outbuilding)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in excellent condition; converted to a country inn with guest rooms, bathrooms, and a rear brick addition built in 1985.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.923216-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/0/6834/41683400/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/87000006.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000006/f3ff083419-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000006/f3ff083419-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"MarmadukePercy","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maple_Hall_Rockbridge_County_Virginia.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">MarmadukePercy</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:Maple_Hall_Rockbridge_County_Virginia.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683400","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15246013"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/rockbridge-county/maple-hall-87000006/"}