{"nrhp_refnum":"93001459","name":"La Vue","other_names":["88-39"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"US 17 Bypass, S side at jct. with RF&P RR tracks","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fredericksburg","county":"Spotsylvania County","state":"VA","lat":38.22037779500005,"lon":-77.4428822204159,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-01-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"La Vue is a sixty-acre farm with a two-story brick Greek Revival dwelling near Fredericksburg in rural Spotsylvania County, Virginia. The house was built in 1848 for the John Alsop family, with a west extension added in the 1850s.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a finely detailed transitional building, with Federal-style massing and Greek Revival interior trim. It is one of few Greek Revival houses in rural Spotsylvania County and one of a group of substantial brick houses built by the Alsop family. Its craftsmanship and surviving stenciling are noted, and its history is tied to the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad, which crossed the farm.","narrative":"La Vue is a sixty-acre farm in rural Spotsylvania County, Virginia, centered on a two-story, load-bearing brick house with a central passage and a rear ell. Land tax records point to 1848 as the construction date, when the property's building value jumped sharply, and the house was built for John Alsop and his family. A west extension followed in the 1850s, possibly to serve a physician son's practice. The interior is notable for carved Greek Revival mantels, a Doric-columned library fireplace, pocket doors between double parlors, and stenciled walls and ceilings that survive in the main rooms. Aquia sandstone sills and a corbeled brick cornice show the quality of the masonry. The farm also contains a ruined log servants' quarters, a well house, and the Alsop family cemetery with its cast iron fence. The railroad line that crossed the farm in the 1830s still runs along its eastern edge. The property is recognized as a rare rural example of Greek Revival design in the county.","period_of_significance":"1827-1859","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"MID-19TH CENTURY: Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling with agricultural outbuildings; the house was renovated by recent owners and a pool and horse facilities were added.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.945066-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/29/6837/41683729/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/93001459.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93001459/3fefef22da-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93001459/3fefef22da-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wikipelli","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_Vue_-_front.png\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipelli</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:La_Vue_-_front.png"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683729","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Vue_(Spotsylvania_County,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6465917"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/spotsylvania-county/la-vue-93001459/"}