{"nrhp_refnum":"94000450","name":"Scott-Walker House","other_names":["VDHR No. 86-26"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"VA 635 E side, 2 mi. SE of Saltville","address_restricted":false,"city":"Saltville","county":"Smyth County","state":"VA","lat":36.88370639300007,"lon":-81.72273170799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-05-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, three-bay limestone farmhouse with a hall-parlor plan, on the east side of State Road 635 in Buckeye Hollow, about two miles southeast of Saltville in Smyth County, Virginia. It was built between about 1800 and 1815 for Charles Scott.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the oldest known stone farmhouse in Smyth County and a surviving domestic example of early nineteenth-century stone vernacular architecture. It is notable for its high-quality interior woodwork, including carved mantels with a scallop motif, and for its two finished attic rooms. It retains a high degree of historic and physical integrity, with few changes since construction.","narrative":"Set on a one-acre site in Buckeye Hollow, about two miles southeast of Saltville, this two-story limestone farmhouse was built between about 1800 and 1815 for Charles Scott, a prosperous farmer. It has three bays, a gable roof, exterior chimneys at each end, and a hall-parlor plan on each floor. The interior is its most distinctive feature, with raised paneling in the door and window reveals, wainscoting, dentil crown molding, and carved mantels with an uncommon scallop motif. Two finished attic rooms are also unusual. The house is described as the oldest known stone farmhouse in Smyth County and a rare surviving domestic building from its period. The Scott and Walker families owned it until the mid-twentieth century, and limited finances in the later nineteenth century meant few alterations. Later additions, a frame wing and a garage, were built without altering the original structure. The original fabric is largely intact apart from the lost two-level front porch.","period_of_significance":"1800-1815","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Hall-Parlor-plan (Federal-style interior woodwork)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a single dwelling. A frame wing was added in 1992 and a garage in 1993. No historic outbuildings survive.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.268986-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/46/6836/41683646/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/94000450.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000450/db159a3acb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000450/db159a3acb-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scott-Walker_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scott-Walker_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683646","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott%E2%80%93Walker_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15275726"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/smyth-county/scott-walker-house-94000450/"}