{"nrhp_refnum":"90002000","name":"Scaleby","other_names":["DHR file # 21-86"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Co. Rd. 723 S of jct. with US 340","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boyce","county":"Clarke County","state":"VA","lat":39.09323091200005,"lon":-78.04512785678273,"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":"Scaleby is a manor house complex on County Road 723 near Boyce in rural Clarke County, Virginia, built between 1909 and 1911 for the Gilpin family. It includes a monumental brick Colonial Revival main house and fifteen other contributing farm and garden resources on about 200 acres.","why_significant":"The nomination argues Scaleby is significant under Criterion C as a grand-scale expression of the Colonial Revival style and of a long-running country house tradition in Clarke County. Its marble Ionic columns, reinforced concrete floors and stairs, and steel roof structure reflect the industrialization of the American building trades. The house echoes older Virginia gentry homes such as Carter Hall and Long Branch.","narrative":"Scaleby is a country estate of about 200 acres near Boyce in Clarke County, Virginia, centered on a monumental brick Colonial Revival house built between February 1909 and December 1911. Baltimore architect Howard Sill designed it for Hattie Newcomer Gilpin and Henry Brooke Gilpin, and the property stayed in the family until 1986. The nine-bay house has a south portico with six marble Ionic columns, a hipped slate roof carried on steel I-beams, and reinforced concrete floors and stairs. Sixteen contributing resources survive, including a gardener's cottage, a farm manager's house, a brick stable, barns, a tenant house, a pergola of twelve marble columns, and terraced gardens. The complex is valued for its scale, its detailing, and its use of early twentieth-century building technology. It also recalls older Clarke County estates such as Carter Hall and Long Branch, reflecting the family's wish to join a long tradition of Virginia country houses.","period_of_significance":"1909-1911","architect_builder":"Sill, Howard","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The complex retains its original use as a single-family dwelling and farm; the stable, tenant house and other buildings remain in use, with some remodeling since 1986.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.634158-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/52/6802/41680252/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/90002000.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90002000/d3f299409b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90002000/d3f299409b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ. M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SCALEBY,_BOYCE,_CLARKE_COUNTY,_VA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ. M.D.</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SCALEBY,_BOYCE,_CLARKE_COUNTY,_VA.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"14000010","name":"Chapel Rural Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/chapel-rural-historic-district-14000010/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680252","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaleby_(Boyce,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713181"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/clarke-county/scaleby-90002000/"}