{"nrhp_refnum":"89001890","name":"Evans House No. 2","other_names":["60-223"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"VA 685, 0.5 mi. W of VA 657","address_restricted":false,"city":"Prices Fork","county":"Montgomery County","state":"VA","lat":37.21335086000005,"lon":-80.47819012899998,"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 circa 1860 brick house on the north side of VA Route 685 (Prices Fork Road) between Blacksburg and the village of Prices Fork, Montgomery County, Virginia, with a ruined frame outbuilding, probably a washhouse, to the west.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion C as an unusual example of the single-pile center-passage house. It is asymmetrical, the only off-center example among twenty-eight center-passage houses from the period, and one of eight brick examples in the county. It is also unusual for its five-bay facade and second front door, and later additions did not damage its integrity.","narrative":"Built around 1860 between Blacksburg and Prices Fork, this six-course American-bond brick house faces south and follows the single-pile center-passage plan, but with an asymmetrical five-bay facade and a second front door at the second bay from the east. Details include stepped-shoulder end chimneys, a molded brick cornice, two-over-two sash windows, four-panel doors with transoms, and a Greek Revival pilastered mantel in the large first-floor room. A late nineteenth-century porch and rear two-story ell were added. The house was probably built when George R. Evans and his wife Ellen acquired a 220-acre tract given by her father, Adam Wall, in 1858. It was listed for its architecture: among twenty-eight center-passage houses from the period in the county, it is the only off-center one, and one of eight built of brick. A ruined frame washhouse stands nearby.","period_of_significance":"circa 1860","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: center-passage plan","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Historic function was single dwelling with a secondary structure; current functions are listed as single dwelling and vacant/not in use. The form's text also says one resident still occupies the house, and the washhouse is in near ruins.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.622359-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/45/6787/41678745/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/89001890.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001890/804947ccd7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001890/804947ccd7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Skye Marthaler","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evans_House_No._2.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Skye Marthaler</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:Evans_House_No._2.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678745","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evans_House_No._2","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712299"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/montgomery-county/evans-house-no-2-89001890/"}