{"nrhp_refnum":"91000831","name":"Batte, Alexander Watson, House","other_names":["The Old Place","DHR File No. 40-02"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S side VA 612, 1500 ft. W of jct. with VA 651","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jarratt","county":"Greensville County","state":"VA","lat":36.80036807000005,"lon":-77.55539457595509,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-07-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half-story frame hall-parlor farmhouse on a fieldstone foundation, built between 1815 and 1835 on the south side of State Route 612 near Jarratt, Greensville County, Virginia, together with an early nineteenth-century barn.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a rare surviving example of a hall-parlor-plan dwelling in this part of Southside Virginia. Its modest size and simple design suggest that Alexander W. Batte, a large landowner, chose not to build an ostentatious house. With the nearby barn, it gives a view of an early nineteenth-century Southside farmstead.","narrative":"Alexander Watson Batte built this one-and-a-half-story frame house in Greensville County, Virginia, between 1815 and 1835, on land he inherited from his father. It was constructed in two stages, an early one-room section with a western addition that created a hall-parlor plan. The house rests on a fieldstone foundation, with large fieldstone chimneys at each end, beaded weatherboard, a boxed cornice and Federal-style trim. Hewn and pit-sawn framing and cut nails help date the work. An early nineteenth-century barn with mortise-and-tenon framing and cobblestone-floored sheds stands to the west. The property was listed because few small houses of this type survive in this part of Southside Virginia, and because Batte, a wealthy landowner, chose a modest dwelling over a showy one. The house and barn together illustrate an early farmstead. Later owners included a planter, a Scottish immigrant and a stonemason, and a restoration has begun.","period_of_significance":"c1815-1835","architect_builder":"unknown (built by Alexander W. Batte, per the nomination's historical background)","architectural_style":"Early Republic: Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant; the form also says the owners have begun a careful restoration and have returned the property to an active working farm.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.880267-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/32/6810/41681032/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/91000831.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000831/bdd222692c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000831/bdd222692c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_Watson_Batte_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_Watson_Batte_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681032","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Watson_Batte_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14711958"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/greensville-county/batte-alexander-watson-house-91000831/"}