{"nrhp_refnum":"96000576","name":"Dewberry","other_names":["VDHR file no. 42-07"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Approximately 1 mi. NE of jct. of VA 738 and VA 601","address_restricted":false,"city":"Beaverdam","county":"Hanover County","state":"VA","lat":37.89561777800006,"lon":-77.58957460736582,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-05-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Dewberry is a 481.5-acre farm near Beaverdam in western Hanover County, Virginia, centered on a five-part Palladian-plan brick house built in 1833 for the Reverend John Cooke, with a formal garden and outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a late, largely unaltered example of a five-part Palladian plan, a form rarely seen in formal Virginia houses of the early nineteenth century. Its carved central-passage arch is described as a rare surviving example of high-quality early-nineteenth-century craftsmanship, perhaps the only one of its type in Hanover County. The property is also tied to Cooke, a rector and agricultural experimenter who designed the garden.","narrative":"Dewberry is a 481.5-acre farm in western Hanover County, Virginia, reached by a long dirt road near Beaverdam. Its main house, completed in 1833 for the Reverend John Cooke, is a five-part Palladian-plan brick dwelling: a two-story hip-roofed center block joined by one-story hyphens to two lower wings, with a Flemish-bond front. Inside, a carved arch with a reeded keystone and fluted pilasters divides the central passage. The house has been used as a home throughout its life and has seen few alterations, mostly 1920s and 1930s updates. Behind it lies a formal English garden laid out by Cooke, who helped found an agricultural club and served as first rector of Trinity Church. Surviving outbuildings include a brick dairy later used to house a Delco battery and a wooden building that housed craftsmen during construction and later served as slave quarters. The house is valued for its rare plan and intact craftsmanship.","period_of_significance":"1833","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic: Early Classical Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling with a garden and secondary structures; the house retains nearly all of its interior and exterior detailing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.581394-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/40/6811/41681140/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/96000576.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000576/4d94a62a85-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000576/4d94a62a85-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dewberry,_Little_River_vicinity,_Gum_Tree_vicinity_(Hanover_County,_Virginia).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dewberry,_Little_River_vicinity,_Gum_Tree_vicinity_(Hanover_County,_Virginia).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681140","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewberry_(Beaverdam,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712234"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/hanover-county/dewberry-96000576/"}