{"nrhp_refnum":"96001329","name":"Waverly","other_names":["VDHR File No. 33-28"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N side of VA 122, 2 mi. NE of jct. with VA 116","address_restricted":false,"city":"Burnt Chimney","county":"Franklin (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.11955626300005,"lon":-79.79084993099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-11-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Waverly is a two-story frame Greek Revival house with associated outbuildings and landscape features on a ridge north of Route 122 in the Burnt Chimney vicinity of northeastern Franklin County, Virginia. It was built about 1858 for the Burwell family.","why_significant":"The nomination argues Waverly is significant under Criterion C in architecture at the local level for the quality and interest of its Greek Revival features and detail. It is also the probable work of Seth Richardson, an accomplished local carpenter. The meathouse and landscape features add to its architectural character.","narrative":"Waverly is a two-story frame house with a center-passage plan, built about 1858 for tobacco planter and industrialist Armistead L. Burwell and his family on a ridge overlooking Gills Creek in northeastern Franklin County, Virginia. Family tradition credits local carpenter Seth Richardson as the builder. The Greek Revival design includes corner pilasters, a wide cornice, molded door and window surrounds with turned corner blocks, plaster ceiling medallions, and a turned stair. Unusual features include false side windows, double-walled side elevations that hide the chimneys and create eight walk-in closets, large louvered folding doors in the passage, and a basement kitchen. A mid-nineteenth-century meathouse, the traces of an earlier log dwelling, an icehouse pit, and a cedar grove add to the setting. Vinyl siding and a modern ell have altered the exterior, but the interior remains largely intact. The house was recognized for its architectural quality and for its likely link to Richardson.","period_of_significance":"Ca. 1858","architect_builder":"Richardson, Seth","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Historic and current functions are both listed as single dwelling with secondary structures; the house has vinyl siding over its original weatherboards and a modern rear ell.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.75727-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/44/6807/41680744/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/96001329.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001329/d065f29b4f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96001329/d065f29b4f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waverly_from_SR_122.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Waverly_from_SR_122.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680744","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waverly_(Burnt_Chimney,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713503"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/franklin/waverly-96001329/"}