{"nrhp_refnum":"89001795","name":"White House","other_names":["76-31"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"12320 Bristow Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brentsville","county":"Prince William County","state":"VA","lat":38.68872170000003,"lon":-77.49941352899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-10-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, painted-brick Federal-style house on Bristow Road across from the old courthouse in Brentsville, Prince William County, Virginia, built in 1822 for Jane Williams.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the finest example of Federal residential architecture in Brentsville and probably the oldest existing residence in the village. It is relatively unaltered and retains most of its handcrafted interior woodwork. It also served as a social gathering place for the political elite of the newly established county seat.","narrative":"Across from the old courthouse in Brentsville, the county seat of Prince William County, stands a five-bay, two-story Federal-style house of painted brick, partly covered with scored stucco made to resemble stone. Built in 1822 for Jane Williams, widow of the county court clerk John Williams, it has a central hall plan, double end chimneys joined by a parapet wall, a brick dentil cornice and Flemish bond brickwork on the facade. Inside, the original staircase, beaded chair rail, linen presses and several mantels survive. The house is regarded as the finest Federal residence in the village and probably its oldest. It later housed the Brentsville Seminary after the Civil War, then sat vacant for about ten years before a restoration in 1941 that added a kitchen wing. The 1.76-acre parcel includes a storage shed, plus the overgrown ruins of a cottage and a privy.","period_of_significance":"1822","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Early Republic/Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a single dwelling; the form notes it sat vacant about ten years before a 1941 restoration, and that the front gutters and gable tie-rod timbers are in poor condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.359339-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/9/6827/41682709/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/89001795.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001795/0134fbfe42-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001795/0134fbfe42-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:THE_WHITE_HOUSE,_BRENTSVILLE,_PRINCE_WILLIAM_COUNTY.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</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:THE_WHITE_HOUSE,_BRENTSVILLE,_PRINCE_WILLIAM_COUNTY.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"90001829","name":"Brentsville Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/brentsville-historic-district-90001829/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682709","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_(Brentsville,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7994845"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/prince-william-county/white-house-89001795/"}