{"nrhp_refnum":"93000825","name":"Dickinson-Milbourn House","other_names":["VDHR File No. 245-4"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"US 58","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jonesville","county":"Lee County","state":"VA","lat":36.686636873000054,"lon":-83.12349996399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-08-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, central-passage-plan brick Federal-style dwelling on a small hill at the western end of Jonesville, Lee County, Virginia, built for Benjamin Dickinson between 1844 and 1848. The nominated four acres also include a brick smokehouse and a family cemetery.","why_significant":"The house is tied to the Battle of Jonesville on 3 January 1864, when Union troops used the house and outbuildings as defensive positions. It is also one of the few surviving Federal-style dwellings in far Southwest Virginia and keeps many of the style's architectural details.","narrative":"Built for Benjamin Dickinson between 1844 and 1848, this brick house on a hill at the western edge of Jonesville is described as the finest example of the Federal style in Lee County. It has a two-story, central-passage plan, a Flemish-bond facade, paired end chimneys joined by brick parapets, and an elaborately carved entrance with reeding and Roman Ionic capitals hung from the transom. Inside, original mantels, reeded trim, wide paneled doors and an open-string stair survive. A brick smokehouse and a family cemetery are the other historic elements on the four nominated acres. The property also holds military importance. On 3 January 1864, during the Battle of Jonesville, Union troops under Major Charles Beeres sheltered in the house and its outbuildings before being forced to surrender to Confederate forces led by Brig. Gen. William E. Jones. The house was not seriously damaged, and local accounts say it served as a hospital afterward.","period_of_significance":"1844-1864","architect_builder":"Unknown; built for Benjamin Dickinson","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The house retains much of its original exterior and interior character. It remains a single dwelling in the same family since 1919, and the kitchen has been remodeled.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:01.061209-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/94/6814/41681494/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/93000825.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000825/1cb003b72d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000825/1cb003b72d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dickinson-Milbourn_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dickinson-Milbourn_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681494","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickinson%E2%80%93Milbourn_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712237"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/lee-county/dickinson-milbourn-house-93000825/"}