{"nrhp_refnum":"91000886","name":"Bellevue","other_names":["DHR File No. 02-847","Wavertree Hall Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S side VA 692, 3500 ft. W of jct. with VA 637","address_restricted":false,"city":"Batesville","county":"Albemarle County","state":"VA","lat":38.01109301100004,"lon":-78.7485935037585,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-07-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 145-acre horse and cattle farm in western Albemarle County near Batesville, Virginia, centered on a brick mansion begun around 1859 and later enlarged, with gardens and more than a dozen outbuildings. It was nominated as Wavertree Hall Farm and is now listed as Bellevue.","why_significant":"The 1859 core of the house is argued to be a well-preserved example of Greek Revival architecture with Italianate features. The additions made around 1913 and in the 1920s, along with the gardens and farm buildings, show how wealthy outside owners reshaped the Greenwood area. The property is rated significant at the local level under architecture.","narrative":"Set on a rise on the south side of Route 692 in western Albemarle County, this 145-acre farm is anchored by a two-story, hip-roofed brick house built around 1859. It has a pedimented two-story portico, bracketed Italianate eaves and Greek Revival woodwork and mantels that are largely original. Quincy Adams Shaw bought the farm in 1913 and added brick side wings and a dining room wing with Adam-style mantels. He also built an underground stone room. After 1921 Colonel Herman Danforth Newcomb added a rear wing, formal boxwood gardens and most of the farm buildings, making the farm a well-known horse and cattle estate. The property includes a log slave house, tenant houses, stables and barns. It was listed for its architecture, which shows the house growing in stages over about seventy years, and its period of significance ends in 1926, when Newcomb's building program and horse operations were established.","period_of_significance":"1859-1926","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival; Late Victorian: Italianate; Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The house is in good condition and the outbuildings range from good to deteriorated. The gardens are under restoration and the farm is used as an equestrian center.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.77541-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/93/6792/41679293/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/91000886.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000886/b1ee9d8e58-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000886/b1ee9d8e58-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bellevue_gate_and_driveway.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bellevue_gate_and_driveway.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679293","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellevue_(Batesville,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712014"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/albemarle-county/bellevue-91000886/"}