{"nrhp_refnum":"90002007","name":"South Franklin Street Historic District","other_names":["DHR file # 154-10"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"100--308 S. Franklin St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Christiansburg","county":"Montgomery County","state":"VA","lat":37.12742235200005,"lon":-80.40597022712652,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-01-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about eleven acres along 100-308 South Franklin Street in Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Virginia, one block south of the courthouse square. It holds 26 contributing and 3 noncontributing buildings, mostly houses from the 1850s to 1940.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion C as a cohesive neighborhood whose shared materials, styles and workmanship express a sense of time and place. Its houses illustrate regionally popular forms and decorative motifs from the 1850s to 1940. It stands apart from other parts of downtown Christiansburg as a dense, well preserved residential area.","narrative":"South Franklin Street in Christiansburg is a tree-shaded residential street one block south of the courthouse square. The district covers about eleven acres and includes 26 contributing and three noncontributing buildings. The oldest are the mid-nineteenth-century Miller House, a Greek Revival frame dwelling later given Colonial Revival touches, and the Italianate Wade House. Later houses include vernacular frame homes, Bungalows in brick and frame, Colonial Revival houses, and two 1930s Tudor Revival dwellings. The most unusual building is The Huts, built in 1919 by Ethel Rice, who had lived in Rhodesia. It consists of round, cone-roofed brick rooms and is described as unique in the region. The Miller House was home to Charles Edie Miller, whose cousin, folk artist Lewis Miller, visited and drew the town. The district was recognized for architecture, as a well preserved neighborhood showing regional styles from the 1850s to 1940. Most houses remain single-family homes.","period_of_significance":"1850s - 1940","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Greek Revival; Colonial Revival; Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Most houses are occupied as single-family dwellings and are well maintained; one large brick house has been subdivided into apartments.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:01.048102-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/70/6787/41678770/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/90002007.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90002007/8dbcf3c8f0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90002007/8dbcf3c8f0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SOUTH_FRANKLIN_STREET_HISTORIC_DISTRICT,_MONTGOMERY_COUNTY,_VA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</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:SOUTH_FRANKLIN_STREET_HISTORIC_DISTRICT,_MONTGOMERY_COUNTY,_VA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678770","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Franklin_Street_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713224"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/montgomery-county/south-franklin-street-historic-district-90002007/"}