{"nrhp_refnum":"87001473","name":"Buckshoal Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"VA 737","address_restricted":false,"city":"Omega","county":"Halifax County","state":"VA","lat":36.64257484700005,"lon":-78.77052560599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-09-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Buckshoal Farm is a vernacular farmhouse with two outbuildings (a log well-house and a frame shed) on about 1.75 acres off Route 737 near Omega, Halifax County, Virginia. The earliest section dates to the early nineteenth century, with a larger section added in 1841.","why_significant":"The nomination stresses its association with William M. Tuck, born there in 1896, who served as Virginia Governor (1946-50) and U.S. Congressman (1953-69) and pushed through the Right-to-Work Act of 1947. It is also locally significant as an example of a Halifax County farmhouse that grew by additions, retaining a rare early log section.","narrative":"Buckshoal Farm is a Halifax County farmhouse near Omega, Virginia, that grew in stages over roughly 150 years. Its oldest part is a two-story log section under clapboard, built in the early nineteenth century. A larger frame section with a bracketed Italianate cornice was added in 1841, and around 1921 a southern ell with a hexagonal bay was built, along with porch and kitchen changes. A log well-house and a frame shed complete the nominated group on about 1.75 acres. The property matters for two reasons. William M. Tuck was born here in 1896 and returned often during a career as delegate, state senator, lieutenant governor, governor and congressman. As governor he insisted on the Right-to-Work Act of 1947. The house also illustrates how local farmhouses expanded from back to front as needs and tastes changed, and its surviving log core is considered a rare survival.","period_of_significance":"early 19th C. to 1969","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular, with Italianate and Eastlake elements","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Marked unoccupied and private residence on the form; after Tuck's death in 1983 the property passed to descendants, who rent out the farm.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.909376-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/72/6810/41681072/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/87001473.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001473/59b5d50da8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001473/59b5d50da8-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buckshoal_Farm_from_a_distance.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buckshoal_Farm_from_a_distance.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681072","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckshoal_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712103"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/halifax-county/buckshoal-farm-87001473/"}