{"nrhp_refnum":"94001180","name":"Norwood","other_names":["VDHR No. 21-57"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"VA 7, S side, 7/8 mi. E of jct. with VA BR 7","address_restricted":false,"city":"Berryville","county":"Clarke County","state":"VA","lat":39.14112500050007,"lon":-77.95026574135449,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-09-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Norwood is a two-story brick Federal-style dwelling with a side service wing and outbuildings on a farm along Route 7, just east of Berryville, Clarke County, Virginia. It was built around 1819 for Lewis Neill.","why_significant":"The nomination argues Norwood is one of Clarke County's finest examples of a brick Federal-style plantation house, with an unusual transverse-hall, double-parlor plan, large twelve-over-twelve windows, and largely original woodwork and mantels. It is also a rare high-style house built by a descendant of an Irish settler rather than by Tidewater gentry. The late-nineteenth-century farm buildings and the unspoiled rural setting add to its integrity.","narrative":"Norwood is a two-story brick house of about 1819 on a farm just east of Berryville, Clarke County, Virginia. It was built for Lewis Neill, whose family came to the Shenandoah Valley from Pennsylvania in the 1700s. The main block has a three-bay front, a Doric portico, an elliptical fanlight entrance, and large twelve-over-twelve windows. A side wing, originally for service, matches the main block in brickwork. Inside, a transverse hall opens to double parlors, a plan the nomination calls rare for the region. Original pine floors, woodwork, and wooden Doric mantels survive. A brick meathouse is the only surviving outbuilding from the early period. A frame tenant house, barn, and corncrib date to the late nineteenth century. Renovation in 1976-1977 added a porch, garage, and rear wing in keeping with the Federal character. The house was listed for its architecture, as one of the county's finest Federal-style dwellings, set in well-preserved farmland.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1819-1882","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic: Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"In use as a single dwelling and farm; renovated in 1976-1977 after being in poor repair, with brick additions made at that time.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.673025-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/98/6801/41680198/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/94001180.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001180/f0d0723592-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001180/f0d0723592-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NORWOOD,_BERRYVILLE,_CLARKE_COUNTY,_VA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NORWOOD,_BERRYVILLE,_CLARKE_COUNTY,_VA.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"14000010","name":"Chapel Rural Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/chapel-rural-historic-district-14000010/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680198","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwood_(Berryville,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712982"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/clarke-county/norwood-94001180/"}