{"nrhp_refnum":"88003211","name":"Pine Knot","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"VA 712","address_restricted":false,"city":"Glendower","county":"Albemarle County","state":"VA","lat":37.85235535900006,"lon":-78.52221898567156,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-02-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A simple two-story, single-pile frame dwelling built about 1905 near Glendower and Scottsville in Albemarle County, Virginia, used as a rural hunting lodge and retreat. It sits on a wooded tract and has a full-width two-story front porch.","why_significant":"The property was the Virginia country retreat of President Theodore Roosevelt between 1905 and 1908. Under Criterion A it is tied to the effort to give a president privacy, as the first twentieth-century presidential retreat established close to the capital. Under Criterion B it is tied to Roosevelt, described as the first conservationist to serve as president.","narrative":"Pine Knot is a plain, balloon-framed wooden lodge of about 1905 in a wooded part of Albemarle County, Virginia, near Glendower. It has two stories, one room deep, weatherboard siding, stone piers, rough slate end chimneys and a two-story shed-roofed porch supported by tree trunks. Inside, the framing is still exposed, and the fireplaces have stone slab mantels. Edith Roosevelt bought the fifteen-acre tract with a small cabin in May 1905 as a rural retreat for her husband, President Theodore Roosevelt. He visited several times through May 1908, hunting, hiking, riding and watching birds, and once drafted his annual message to Congress there. His last visit included the naturalist John Burroughs, and together they identified seventy-five bird species. The property was listed for its association with the development of presidential retreats and with Roosevelt himself. The Roosevelt family sold it in 1941, and it has since been protected by an easement.","period_of_significance":"1905-1908","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"No Style","criteria":["A","B"],"status_note":"The building remains as originally built, with an unfinished interior and no modern conveniences; the form lists its current function as a camp. The land is protected by a preservation easement donated to the Commonwealth of Virginia.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.280327-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/77/6793/41679377/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/88003211.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88003211/65e5250572-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88003211/65e5250572-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pine_Knot_fenceline_and_woods.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pine_Knot_fenceline_and_woods.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"07001236","name":"Southern Albemarle Rural Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/southern-albemarle-rural-historic-district-07001236/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679377","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Knot_(cabin)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7195238"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/albemarle-county/pine-knot-88003211/"}