{"nrhp_refnum":"89001801","name":"Earhart House","other_names":["Earhart Farm #2","Walters Farm","60-380"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"VA 723, 0.3 mi. W of VA 603","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ellett","county":"Montgomery County","state":"VA","lat":37.19568009000005,"lon":-80.36619551299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-11-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, center-passage-plan frame farmhouse with an integral rear ell, built in the mid-1850s on a knoll west of VA Route 723 near Ellett, Montgomery County, Virginia. A log kitchen and other outbuildings are part of the property.","why_significant":"The house is significant under criterion C as a well preserved example of the regionally recognized vernacular center-passage form, of which only a few mid-nineteenth-century two-story single-pile examples have been identified. Notable features include the plastered and paneled wall under the porch, corner pilasters and a fine group of outbuildings. The surviving log house or kitchen adds to its value, and the house is associated with the locally prominent Earhart family.","narrative":"Built around 1856 on a knoll beside VA Route 723 between Ellett and New Ellett, this two-story weatherboarded farmhouse follows the center-passage plan common in the region. It has a standing-seam metal hipped roof, brick shouldered chimneys that interrupt the cornice, corner pilasters, six-over-six sash windows with original louvered blinds, and a front porch with a plastered, paneled wall beneath it. A two-story rear ell carries a two-level porch. Nearby stand a mid-nineteenth-century v-notched log house or kitchen and a square log outbuilding across the road. The property was listed for its architecture. Only a small number of comparable two-story single-pile houses from the period have been identified in the area, and this one is notably well preserved. The land was tied to the locally prominent Earhart family, and the tax records suggest the farmhouse was improved in 1856, possibly for Henry Earhart. The rear addition does not harm the view from the road.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1856","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: center-passage plan","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Current function is single dwelling with secondary domestic structures; described as well preserved, with a rear addition containing a modern kitchen.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:01.138045-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/43/6787/41678743/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/89001801.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678743","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earhart_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712261"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/montgomery-county/earhart-house-89001801/"}