{"nrhp_refnum":"87001549","name":"Virginia Manor","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"VA 130","address_restricted":false,"city":"Natural Bridge","county":"Rockbridge County","state":"VA","lat":37.618196047000055,"lon":-79.4866170600825,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-09-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Virginia Manor, originally called Glengyle, is a frame country house with outbuildings on about 33 acres off State Route 130 near Natural Bridge Station, Rockbridge County, Virginia. It began in 1800 as a log house and was enlarged in 1856 and again in the late nineteenth century.","why_significant":"The house is considered architecturally significant as one of a select group of Rockbridge County estates that grew from a simple vernacular structure into a high-style country manor, keeping earlier sections while adding Greek Revival and Eastlake elements. It is also associated with General Fitzhugh Lee, who headquartered the Rockbridge Land Company there, and with George W. Stevens, president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad from 1900 to 1920, who made it his country estate.","narrative":"Virginia Manor, first known as Glengyle, sits on a hill above the James River near Natural Bridge Station. It began about 1800 as a two-story log house. In 1856 a Greek Revival frame house was built across it, and the log section became a rear wing. Later owners added bay-windowed side wings, an Eastlake-style stair and Victorian mantels and wainscot. The estate keeps a full set of support buildings, including a stable, tenants' house, spring house, barn, and a two-story playhouse. General Fitzhugh Lee lived here in the early 1890s while heading the Rockbridge Land Company, a failed land development scheme. In 1897 the property passed to the family of George W. Stevens, president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad from 1900 to 1920. Stevens used it as a summer retreat and had a rail spur, a concrete waiting station and a telegraph room installed. The nominated area also includes a dam and a stone canal boat-lock from the 1850s.","period_of_significance":"1800-1920","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular, Greek Revival and Eastlake","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in use as a private residence, in good condition and altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.61169-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/32/6834/41683432/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/87001549.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001549/fbef1b2ab2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001549/fbef1b2ab2-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Virginia_Manor_entrance.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Virginia_Manor_entrance.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683432","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Manor_(Natural_Bridge,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16902757"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/rockbridge-county/virginia-manor-87001549/"}