{"nrhp_refnum":"90001988","name":"Much Haddam","other_names":["DHR file # 259-164"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"US 50 W of jct. with VA 626","address_restricted":false,"city":"Middleburg","county":"Loudoun County","state":"VA","lat":38.966798416000074,"lon":-77.74228041699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-12-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Much Haddam is an early-nineteenth-century brick I-house on Route 50 (the former Ashby's Gap Turnpike) at the western edge of Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia. It was probably built in 1820 by Richard Cochran and sits on about five acres with several outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a little-altered, well-preserved example of northern Virginia's formal vernacular architecture of the early nineteenth century, built in the I-house form favored by well-to-do farmers. It is also a conspicuous landmark at a western entrance to Middleburg. A rare two-level square-plan brick kitchen outbuilding on the grounds adds to its significance.","narrative":"Much Haddam is a brick I-house at the western edge of Middleburg, Virginia, beside Route 50, once the Ashby's Gap Turnpike. Probably built in 1820 by Richard Cochran, a physician credited with designing and building several local dwellings, it has a five-bay facade, two stories above a fieldstone basement, and walls laid in five-course American bond with traces of penciled mortar joints. Inside, much original trim, doors, hardware and Federal mantels survive. A two-story brick kitchen outbuilding on the grounds is a rare square-plan example in the state. Other outbuildings include a log smokehouse, a turn-of-the-century horse barn and the ruins of a probable dairy. The property was listed for its architecture: it is a little-altered, well-preserved example of the formal vernacular houses built by prosperous northern Virginia farmers, and its tall profile makes it a conspicuous landmark for travelers approaching Middleburg from the west.","period_of_significance":"1820-ca. 1900","architect_builder":"Richard Cochran","architectural_style":"Early Republic: Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as being in an excellent state of preservation and still used as a single dwelling with secondary structures.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.757811-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/59/6815/41681559/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/90001988.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001988/f2d703a2e4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001988/f2d703a2e4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MUCH_HADDAM,_MIDDLEBURG,_LOUDOUN_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:MUCH_HADDAM,_MIDDLEBURG,_LOUDOUN_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681559","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Much_Haddam","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6930957"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/loudoun-county/much-haddam-90001988/"}