{"nrhp_refnum":"97000484","name":"Finney-Lee House","other_names":["VDHR File No. 33-179"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"0.75 mi. N of jct. of VA 717 and VA 890","address_restricted":false,"city":"Snow Creek","county":"Franklin (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":36.83609851800006,"lon":-79.79844779200809,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-05-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Flemish-bond brick plantation house near Snow Creek in Franklin County, Virginia, completed in 1839 for Peter and Ann Finney, with a family cemetery, a tobacco pack house, tobacco barns and a dairy barn on the surrounding farm.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an outstanding example of a transitional Federal-Greek Revival plantation house, primarily for the quality of its mantels, stair detailing and other interior features. Secondarily, it cites the outbuildings and landscape features. It is judged significant at the local level under Criterion C in architecture.","narrative":"Completed in 1839 near Snow Creek in southern Franklin County, Virginia, this two-story Flemish-bond brick house was built for Peter and Ann Finney, who farmed a large tobacco and livestock plantation. Peter Finney died as the house was being finished. It later passed to his daughter Louisa and her husband Charles C. Lee, and the farm remained in Lee family hands for decades. The house has a symmetrical three-bay front and a center-passage plan. Inside, it keeps carved Federal-Greek Revival mantels, paneled wainscots, a scrolled stair and a second-floor \"travelers room\" once reached by its own stair, along with ceiling hooks for a quilt frame. A 1970s kitchen ell was added at the rear. The property also includes a fenced family cemetery with monuments to Peter Finney and the Lees, a ca. 1930 pack house, log tobacco barns and a 1950s dairy barn. Its architectural quality, especially the transitional detailing, is the basis for its listing.","period_of_significance":"1839-1945","architect_builder":"Mountjoy & Ligon (monument carvers)","architectural_style":"Federal; Greek Revival (transitional Federal-Greek Revival)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Retains good architectural integrity; modernizations are mostly in the basement and a 1970s rear ell. Historic domestic outbuildings such as the detached kitchen, meathouse and ice house are gone. The house is still used as a single dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.736215-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/40/6807/41680740/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/97000484.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000484/41514bbf6e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000484/41514bbf6e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Finney-Lee_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Finney-Lee_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680740","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finney%E2%80%93Lee_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712320"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/franklin/finney-lee-house-97000484/"}