{"nrhp_refnum":"90002110","name":"Miller-Southside Residential Historic District","other_names":["DHR File No. 150-109"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Miller St., S. Main St., Airport Rd. and Preston Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Blacksburg","county":"Montgomery County","state":"VA","lat":37.22406295750005,"lon":-80.40866937799025,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-01-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district immediately south of downtown Blacksburg, Virginia, covering both sides of South Main Street and the tree-lined Draper Road and Preston Avenue. It holds 138 houses and associated garages, mostly built between 1909 and 1941.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is an intact early twentieth-century suburb with a varied collection of period house styles, including Bungalow, Foursquare, Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival. It is described as Montgomery County's largest and most complete suburb from 1909-1941. Architecture professor Clinton Harriman Cowgill and builder Wes Gray influenced its design.","narrative":"Just south of downtown Blacksburg, this neighborhood of 138 houses and 64 garages grew up between 1909 and 1941. Large, hedged lots and shaded sidewalks line South Main Street, Draper Road and Preston Avenue. The earliest houses are frame Foursquares and a bungalow along South Main Street. During the 1920s, brick Bungalows and Foursquares became typical, many tied to local builder Wes Gray. After 1925, Colonial Revival houses dominated, and Tudor Revival houses spread through the 1930s. Virginia Polytechnic Institute architecture professor Clinton Harriman Cowgill designed at least five Colonial or Georgian Revival houses in the 1930s, plus his own Tudor Revival home on Preston Avenue, and his detailing influenced later construction. Postwar infill, including Ranch and Colonial-style houses, is counted as noncontributing. The district was recognized for its architecture as Montgomery County's largest and most complete early twentieth-century suburb.","period_of_significance":"1909-1941","architect_builder":"Cowgill, Clinton Harriman; Gray, Wes","architectural_style":"Late 19th and early 20th c. American Movements: Prairie School, Bungalow, Foursquare; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in residential use, with some South Main Street houses now used as offices or a gallery. Contains 138 houses, 30 of them noncontributing because built after 1941.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.194942-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/96/6787/41678796/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/90002110.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678796","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller%E2%80%93Southside_Residential_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712854"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/montgomery-county/miller-southside-residential-historic-district-90002110/"}