{"nrhp_refnum":"90001830","name":"McKenney, William, House","other_names":["McKenney--Dunlop--Totty House","Dhl 123-102"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"250 S. Sycamore St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Petersburg (Independent City)","county":"Petersburg","state":"VA","lat":37.224845808000055,"lon":-77.41120372299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-12-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half-story brick town house at 250 South Sycamore Street in Petersburg, Virginia, built in 1890 and completed in 1892 to designs by Major Harrison Waite. It faces Poplar Lawn Park in the Poplar Lawn Historic District.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is the finest and most distinguished example of Queen Anne-Eastlake architecture in Petersburg and the only such brick mansion left in the city. It was designed by Waite, the city's leading postbellum architect, and reflects the tastes of men who made fortunes in the South after the Civil War. It also housed three of the city's leading businessmen.","narrative":"Built in 1890 and finished in 1892 at a cost of $19,000, this eight-thousand-square-foot brick town house at 250 South Sycamore Street faces Poplar Lawn Park in Petersburg, Virginia. Major Harrison Waite, the city's leading postbellum architect, designed it for lawyer William McKenney. Its exterior features pressed brickwork, terra-cotta roof trim, sandstone details, stained and leaded glass, and a circular corner tower with a conical slate roof. Inside are carved oak, cherry and mahogany woodwork, Eastlake overmantels, Italian fireplace tiles, and a built-in china press and sideboard. Later owners included tobacco manufacturer David Dunlop III and trunk maker William Totty. After conversion to apartments in 1936 and years of neglect, restoration began in 1983 and the house again serves as a single-family home. It is valued as the only Queen Anne-Eastlake brick mansion left in Petersburg and as a reminder of the city's postwar recovery.","period_of_significance":"1890-92","architect_builder":"Waite, Major Harrison","architectural_style":"Queen Anne-Eastlake","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Converted to three apartments in 1936 and neglected for years; careful renovation began in 1983 and the house has been returned to single-family use, with the former servants' wing still unrestored.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.486385-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/76/6824/41682476/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/90001830.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001830/d457e65495-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001830/d457e65495-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jweaver28","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McKenney_House_Petersburg.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jweaver28</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:McKenney_House_Petersburg.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682476","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McKenney_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16894944"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/petersburg/mckenney-william-house-90001830/"}