{"nrhp_refnum":"88002138","name":"Ballard-Marshall House","other_names":["Marshall House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"158 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Orange","county":"Orange County","state":"VA","lat":38.245611825000026,"lon":-78.10832714599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-10-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick townhouse at 158 East Main Street in the town of Orange, Virginia, built in 1832 for merchant Garland Ballard, with rear additions from about 1900 and 1934-35.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a rare example of an urban house built in the Jeffersonian Classical idiom, with Flemish bond brickwork, a pedimented gable and correct proportions. Its woodwork and brickwork resemble Berry Hill and Frascati, built by workmen who had worked under Thomas Jefferson. It has no counterpart among urban dwellings in Orange County or the surrounding Piedmont.","narrative":"Built in 1832 for Orange merchant Garland Ballard, this two-story brick house on East Main Street in Orange, Virginia, is an urban townhouse designed in the Jeffersonian manner. Its walls are laid in Flemish bond with finely struck joints, and a pedimented gable roof caps the building. The designer is unknown, but the brickwork and woodwork resemble Berry Hill and Frascati, plantation houses built by craftsmen who had worked under Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson-influenced buildings in the region were usually plantation houses or public buildings, so a town dwelling in this style has no counterpart in Orange County or the nearby Piedmont. Later owners altered the house. The Marshall family added Colonial Revival porticos, chair rails and a rear addition around 1900-1912, and a second rear wing and six apartments came in 1934-35. After decades as low-income rental housing and vandalism, the building was stabilized and restored in 1986-88 and remains in apartment use.","period_of_significance":"1832","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Jeffersonian Classicism; Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Renovated in 1986-88 after decline as low-income tenement housing; still used as an apartment building with six apartments.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.927531-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/60/6823/41682360/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/88002138.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002138/8cfb8d1265-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002138/8cfb8d1265-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Mojo Hand","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ballard-Marshall_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mojo Hand</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:Ballard-Marshall_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682360","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballard%E2%80%93Marshall_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15196304"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/orange-county/ballard-marshall-house-88002138/"}