{"nrhp_refnum":"96001173","name":"Long Marsh Run Rural Historic District","other_names":["VDHR File No. 21-967","See Also:Wickliffe Church","See Also:Fair"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by WV state line, VA 608, VA 612, VA 7, and VA 653","address_restricted":false,"city":"Berryville","county":"Clarke County","state":"VA","lat":39.155459844000035,"lon":-77.92699701379263,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-11-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture","Education","Industry","Black"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rural historic district of roughly 10,290 acres in north central Clarke County, Virginia, near Berryville, in the Lower Shenandoah Valley. It contains farms, estates, mills, schools, churches and African-American communities dating from the mid-18th century through the mid-20th century.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district keeps an unusually intact agricultural landscape of limestone soils, fields, fences and farm complexes. Its estates and vernacular buildings reflect Tidewater-influenced settlement by families such as the Washingtons and Larues. It also has a higher concentration of resources tied to agriculture, education, industry and African-American heritage than other parts of the county.","narrative":"Spread across about sixteen square miles of rolling limestone farmland in north central Clarke County, this rural district looks toward the Blue Ridge Mountains and remains largely farmed. Roughly sixty farm and estate complexes make up its core, alongside four schools, four churches, two mills, a post office and several small African-American communities. Settlement began in the 1730s and 1740s under the Hite and Fairfax land grants. Early landowners, including the Washington and Larue families, built stone and brick houses that echo Tidewater Virginia. Fairfield, dated to about 1770, is the district's earliest surviving building and its best example of a Georgian plantation house. Stone mills along Long Marsh Run reflect wheat's rise as a cash crop. Later farmhouses show Federal, Greek Revival and Colonial Revival influences. Of 626 resources counted, 366 contribute to the district's character, and modern intrusions are described as few and inconspicuous.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian, Federal, Early Classical Revival, Greek Revival, Italianate, Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, and vernacular forms such as I-house and hall-parlor plan","criteria":[],"status_note":"Primarily used for farming and residences; about 43% of the land is in the county Agricultural District and 360 acres are under open-space easements. Some mills have been converted to barns or are in ruins.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.896377-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/20/6802/41680220/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/96001173.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001173/e8b029cc54-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001173/e8b029cc54-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LONG_MARSH_RUN_RURL_HISTORIC_DISTRICT,_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:LONG_MARSH_RUN_RURL_HISTORIC_DISTRICT,_CLARKE_COUNTY,_VA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680220","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Marsh_Run_Rural_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712741"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/clarke-county/long-marsh-run-rural-historic-district-96001173/"}