{"nrhp_refnum":"90002135","name":"Sentry Box","other_names":["See Also:Fredericksburg Historic District"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"133 Caroline St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fredericksburg (Independent City)","county":"Fredericksburg","state":"VA","lat":38.295400846000064,"lon":-77.45383595799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-02-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large wood-framed, weatherboarded single-family house at 133 Caroline Street in Fredericksburg, Virginia, built in 1786 by General George Weedon, with a contributing late eighteenth-century icehouse on the grounds.","why_significant":"The house was the home of General George Weedon, a Revolutionary War officer and prominent Fredericksburg citizen who held local office and ran a well-known tavern. It is also described as typical of the houses of Virginia's moderately wealthy leading class in the early Federal period. Later generations altered it to suit changing tastes without changing its original form.","narrative":"Set on a ridge above the Rappahannock River at 133 Caroline Street in Fredericksburg, the Sentry Box is a five-bay, two-story frame house over a full basement, built in 1786 for General George Weedon. Weedon's account book records construction from January to December 1786 at a cost of about L2,185. The house keeps its central passage, Flemish-bond brick foundation, beaded weatherboards, dentiled cornice and a classical entrance porch with Tuscan columns. Later owners added rooms and Greek Revival and Colonial Revival details. A late eighteenth-century icehouse survives on the grounds. Weedon ran a tavern that drew Washington, Jefferson and other patriots, served as a Continental Army brigadier general, and held several Fredericksburg offices, including mayor in 1785. The house is recognized for its association with him and as an example of a leading Virginia family's home of the early Federal period, altered over two centuries without losing its original form.","period_of_significance":"1786-1910","architect_builder":"General George Weedon (builder/first owner)","architectural_style":"Colonial: Georgian; Late 19th & Early 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Used as a private single-family dwelling, with a noncontributing guest house and a prefabricated social-events building on the grounds.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:01.096632-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/53/6808/41680853/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/90002135.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90002135/87eff2f85e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90002135/87eff2f85e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sentry_Box_House,_133_Caroline_Street_(Fredericksburg,_Virginia).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sentry_Box_House,_133_Caroline_Street_(Fredericksburg,_Virginia).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680853","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentry_Box","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15276100"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/fredericksburg/sentry-box-90002135/"}