{"nrhp_refnum":"96000578","name":"Rose Hill","other_names":["VDHR File No. 112-32"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"900 block of N. Royal Ave.,","address_restricted":false,"city":"Front Royal","county":"Warren County","state":"VA","lat":38.930452176000074,"lon":-78.19489207899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-05-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Military"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Rose Hill is a two-story frame dwelling with a rear brick ell on a hilltop of about eight and a half acres along North Royal Avenue in Front Royal, Warren County, Virginia. The front block was built in 1830 by George C. Blakemore, and the ell was added about 1845.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of Front Royal's few surviving antebellum dwellings, with vernacular Federal and Greek Revival detailing and a high degree of integrity (Criterion C). It also ties the property to the Battle of Front Royal on 23 May 1862 and to local Civil War events, including a wartime diary kept by Sue Richardson (Criterion A).","narrative":"Rose Hill is a two-story frame house on a wooded hilltop beside North Royal Avenue in Front Royal, Virginia. George C. Blakemore built the five-bay front block in 1830 on land conveyed by his father-in-law, Thomas Buck. William Richardson added a brick ell around 1845, and a 1937 remodeling brought a garage wing, porches and stucco over the front weatherboard. The interior keeps Federal-inspired trim in the older section and heavier Greek Revival trim in the ell. Three contributing outbuildings include a mid-nineteenth-century cottage that probably served as a kitchen and slave quarters. The property is listed for its architecture, as a rare surviving antebellum house in town, and for its Civil War history. Its hilltop above the road to Winchester made it important during the Battle of Front Royal in 1862, when a Confederate officer directed troops from the grounds. A diary kept by Sue Richardson in 1863-1865 records soldiers, wounded men and visits by both sides.","period_of_significance":"1830-1937","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Federal; Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling with secondary structures; described as well preserved and little altered in the past fifty years.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:01.046413-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/35/6840/41684035/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/96000578.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000578/2fecebdf74-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000578/2fecebdf74-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ROSE_HILL,_FRONT_ROYAL,_WARREN_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:ROSE_HILL,_FRONT_ROYAL,_WARREN_COUNTY,_VA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41684035","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Hill_(Front_Royal,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15273297"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/warren-county/rose-hill-96000578/"}