{"nrhp_refnum":"93000039","name":"Annandale","other_names":["Alpine Farms","VDHR File No. 11-41"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"VA 608, 1.5 mi. E of jct. with VA 609","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gilmore Mills","county":"Botetourt County","state":"VA","lat":37.59436423900007,"lon":-79.57646735912022,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-02-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Annandale is a two-story Flemish-bond brick Greek Revival house built in 1835 on SR 608 near Gilmore Mills in Botetourt County, Virginia, with a hexagonal brick outbuilding, on the Alpine Farms cattle estate.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the house is significant under Criterion C for architecture. It has an unusual twin single-pile plan, fine plasterwork and substantial interior and exterior woodwork. It has served as the manor house of a large agricultural estate since 1835 and remains in a pastoral setting. The hexagonal outbuilding is the lone survivor of the original plantation complex.","narrative":"Annandale is a two-story brick house built in 1835 in Botetourt County, Virginia, for Richard H. Burks, a prosperous farmer and later county justice. Laid in Flemish bond, it has Greek Revival details including a deck-on-hip metal roof, six-over-six windows, paneled lintels with Greek key corners, and a wooden front porch with tapering square columns. Its plan is unusual: a center-hall, single-pile front section is joined to an identical but slightly smaller rear section. Inside are fluted moldings, plaster cornices and ceiling medallions, and Colonial Revival mantels on the second floor. A hexagonal brick outbuilding, possibly a dairy or meathouse, is the only survivor of the earlier plantation complex. The house later took its name from Frederick Johnston, who bought the property in 1875. It sits in a valley near the James River on a large estate of pasture, forest and meadow used for beef cattle. The house was listed for its architectural character and its largely intact rural setting.","period_of_significance":"1835","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as a single dwelling, historically and currently, and as a summer home in the 20th century; the surrounding estate is used primarily for raising beef cattle.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.623041-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/16/6798/41679816/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/93000039.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000039/dfe98de327-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000039/dfe98de327-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Annandale_closeup.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Annandale_closeup.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679816","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annandale_(Gilmore_Mills,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14711968"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/botetourt-county/annandale-93000039/"}