{"nrhp_refnum":"91000884","name":"Sugar Loaf Farm","other_names":["Summers' Farm","Smoky Row","DHR File No. 07-32"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"W of jct. of VA 695 and VA 710","address_restricted":false,"city":"Staunton","county":"Augusta County","state":"VA","lat":38.10257488150003,"lon":-79.17874015870385,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-07-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Sugar Loaf Farm is a rural mill and farm complex about 7.5 miles southwest of Staunton in Augusta County, Virginia, along Eidson Creek. It includes a brick farmhouse begun in the 1820s, a mill and miller's house of about 1830, a springhouse and a bank barn.","why_significant":"The nomination argues for significance in architecture and industry. The brick buildings show early-nineteenth-century construction methods, and the grist mill retains an intact Oliver Evans hurst frame. The complex also documents the Summers family's farming and milling operation and later changes by later owners.","narrative":"Sugar Loaf Farm is a mill and farm complex on Eidson Creek, about 7.5 miles southwest of Staunton in Augusta County, Virginia. The farmhouse, springhouse, bank barn and tenant house lie west of the creek, while the miller's house and grist mill sit to the east. David Summers assembled the farm from several tracts in the early 1800s. Tax records suggest the farmhouse dates from about 1820, with new buildings recorded in 1822 and 1830. A date of 1830 is written on a beam in the mill. The brick buildings share a molded brick cornice, Flemish-bond facades and pegged oak frames. The farmhouse more than doubled in size with a late-1800s I-house addition and gained a neoclassical portico between 1933 and 1938. The mill keeps its original hurst frame, built to an Oliver Evans design. The farm was recognized locally for its architecture and its role in milling, with a period of significance of 1822 to 1938. Of the 2,057-acre farm, 408 acres are included.","period_of_significance":"1822-1938","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Early Republic/Federal; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Classical Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Historic functions include dwelling, farm outbuildings, animal facilities and a manufacturing mill; the form lists current functions as dwelling, agricultural and animal facilities, with some vacant/not in use. The miller's house was being prepared for rehabilitation in 1990.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.22479-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/79/6796/41679679/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/91000884.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000884/a8491663ba-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000884/a8491663ba-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wndyfrg","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sugar_Loaf_Farm_Sign.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Wndyfrg</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sugar_Loaf_Farm_Sign.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679679","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Loaf_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7634865"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/augusta-county/sugar-loaf-farm-91000884/"}