{"nrhp_refnum":"95001089","name":"Woodstock Historic District","other_names":["VDHR File No. 330-15","See Also:Shenandoah County Courthouse","L"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by N. Main, E. North and Water Sts., Cemetery Rd. and the Southern RR tracks","address_restricted":false,"city":"Woodstock","county":"Shenandoah County","state":"VA","lat":38.88140026450006,"lon":-78.50275990198217,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-10-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Commerce","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large historic district covering the core of the town of Woodstock, county seat of Shenandoah County, Virginia, with 283 contributing buildings along Main, Church, Muhlenberg, Commerce and neighboring streets. The town was laid out in 1761 and the buildings date from the late 1700s to the 1940s.","why_significant":"The form describes the district as the largest concentration of historic residential, commercial, religious, educational and industrial architecture in Woodstock. It is notable for its range of building types and styles, including the 1795 Shenandoah County Courthouse, believed to be the oldest surviving courthouse west of the Blue Ridge. It is certified as locally significant, and the criteria and period of significance are not legible in the text provided.","narrative":"Woodstock's historic district covers the old center of the oldest town in Shenandoah County, laid out in 1761 in the northern Shenandoah Valley and the county seat since 1772. Its grid of streets centers on Main Street, once the Valley Turnpike, and holds 283 contributing buildings dating from the late 1700s to the 1940s. The 1795 courthouse, built of native limestone with a hexagonal wooden cupola, is considered the oldest surviving courthouse west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Nearby is Lawyers Row, a rare surviving group of early nineteenth-century law offices. Log houses later covered in weatherboards, Federal and Greek Revival dwellings, Victorian houses with sawnwork porches, and Queen Anne and Colonial Revival homes line Main, Church and Muhlenberg Streets. Churches in several denominations and styles, early twentieth-century commercial blocks, railroad-side industrial buildings and the Collegiate Gothic buildings of Massanutten Military Academy add variety. The district is notable for its well-preserved fabric and the range of building types and styles.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Gothic Revival, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival, Collegiate Gothic, Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Spanish Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as cohesive and well preserved; many historic buildings remain in residential, commercial, religious and educational use, and the 1795 courthouse retains a restored courtroom used for special occasions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.11804-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/29/6836/41683629/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/95001089.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95001089/23d60e8b7d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95001089/23d60e8b7d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"DwayneP","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WoodstockCafeAndShoppes.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">DwayneP</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:WoodstockCafeAndShoppes.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683629","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43170182"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/shenandoah-county/woodstock-historic-district-95001089/"}