{"nrhp_refnum":"96000029","name":"Culpeper National Cemetery","other_names":["VDHR File No. 204-000"],"category":"site","location":{"address":"305 U.S. Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Culpeper","county":"Culpeper County","state":"VA","lat":38.47000291050006,"lon":-77.99131329776706,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-02-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Civil War era national cemetery at 305 U.S. Avenue in Culpeper, Virginia, established in 1867 on about 6 acres and later expanded, with a brick wall, gate, lodge, monuments and burial sections.","why_significant":"The cemetery is tied to the Civil War in the Culpeper area, where many battles and skirmishes occurred and where Union dead were reinterred after the war. Its 1872 lodge is also cited as a distinctive prototype design by Quartermaster General Montgomery C. Meigs.","narrative":"Culpeper National Cemetery occupies a site about half a mile from the county courthouse in Culpeper, Virginia. Established in 1867, it began as a six-acre square enclosed by a brick wall, with an ornamental iron gate, a central circle with a flagpole, and six burial sections. One section holds 912 unknown Civil War soldiers, and remains were gathered from battlefields such as Cedar Mountain, Brandy Station, Trevilians Station and Gordonsville. The grounds include a Second Empire lodge built in 1872 to a design by Quartermaster General Montgomery C. Meigs, plus granite and iron monuments from Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Maine and Ohio units. A 1978 donation of 10.51 acres added nine sections, and burials continue. The property is recognized for its link to the Civil War in a heavily contested county and for the lodge's distinctive design, with a period of significance from 1866 to 1939.","period_of_significance":"1866-1939","architect_builder":"Meigs, Montgomery C.","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Second Empire","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Interments continue; the cemetery was closed in 1972 and reopened in 1978 after a donation of adjacent land. An administration/maintenance building was added in 1989.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.511894-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_AL/96000029.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000029/6b69800904-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000029/6b69800904-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Something Original (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Headstones_at_Culpeper_National_Cemetery.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Something Original (talk)</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:Headstones_at_Culpeper_National_Cemetery.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"09000663","name":"South East Street Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/south-east-street-historic-district-09000663/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77835041","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culpeper_National_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5193109"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/culpeper-county/culpeper-national-cemetery-96000029/"}