{"nrhp_refnum":"92001264","name":"Hurstville","other_names":["VDHR File No. 66-35"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"VA 605 E side, 3500 ft. S of jct. with VA 606","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kilmarnock","county":"Northumberland County","state":"VA","lat":37.76159104600006,"lon":-76.32644167679125,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-09-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Hurstville is a small Northern Neck plantation near Kilmarnock, Northumberland County, Virginia, centered on a story-and-a-half frame dwelling built soon after 1776 for Thomas Hurst. It sits on an inlet of Ball Creek and includes part of the former Cress Field plantation with the Ball family cemetery.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a distinctive example of late-eighteenth-century Tidewater vernacular architecture, typical of the lesser gentry's wooden dwellings. It is noted for its rare double-pile, four-room hall-parlor-chamber plan and a large south chimney with glazed-header Flemish bond and uncommon tumbled brickwork. The property also preserves its eighteenth-century waterfront setting and was restored in 1940 by philanthropist Jessie Ball duPont.","narrative":"Hurstville is a small plantation on Ball Neck in Northumberland County, Virginia, overlooking an inlet of Ball Creek with distant views toward the Chesapeake Bay and Tangier Island. Its centerpiece is a story-and-a-half frame house, roughly 28 by 30 feet, built soon after Thomas Hurst bought the land in 1776. The house represents the modest wooden dwellings of the region's lesser gentry, most of which have since disappeared. It is notable for a rare double-pile, four-room plan and a massive south chimney serving four fireplaces, laid in Flemish bond with glazed headers and unusual tumbled courses that point to skilled masons. Federal-style mantels were added in the 1820s. In 1940 Jessie Ball duPont had the house restored as a home for her sisters, removing nineteenth-century changes. The property also includes part of the Cress Field plantation, with the Ball family cemetery and the site of a house that burned.","period_of_significance":"circa 1777-circa 1825","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic; Other: Southern Post-Colonial","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; restored after 1940, with three non-contributing outbuildings 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 02:52:00.706027-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/90/6822/41682290/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/92001264.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001264/b62086bac9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001264/b62086bac9-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hurstville_estate_driveway.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hurstville_estate_driveway.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682290","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurstville_(Kilmarnock,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15227066"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/northumberland-county/hurstville-92001264/"}