{"nrhp_refnum":"97000485","name":"Green Falls","other_names":["Johnston's Tavern","Turner's Store","Wright's Corner (Fork)","Doll"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct of VA 627 and VA 623","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bowling Green","county":"Caroline County","state":"VA","lat":37.95996117650003,"lon":-77.30752408969676,"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":"Green Falls is a Colonial-period frame plantation house at the intersection of S.R. 627 and S.R. 623 near Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia, on a 361.5-acre rural tract. It was built for Richard Johnston after his 1710 land grant, probably in the second or third quarter of the 18th century, with an addition in 1808.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that Green Falls is an outstanding example of a modest rural Virginia colonial plantation house under Criterion C. Some historians consider it the earliest surviving 18th-century frame dwelling in Caroline County, though lost colonial records prevent verification. Its form, original fabric and agricultural setting have changed very little since 1808.","narrative":"Green Falls is a two-story frame house with a one-story wing on each side, set on a raised basement at a crossroads in rural Caroline County, Virginia. Massive brick end chimneys laid in Flemish bond mark the central block. The house is tied to a 1710 land grant to Richard Johnston and probably dates from the second or third quarter of the 18th century. A brick inscribed 1808 marks the south wing, added later. The building served as Johnston's Tavern on an early route between Fredericksburg and Richmond, then became a store, a post office from 1831 to 1859, and a family home for the Wright family. Surrounding the house are a meat house, a carriage house, a 1917 barn and the archaeological site of a kitchen building, all within 361.5 acres of fields and woods. It was listed for architecture because it keeps the form, scale and original fabric of a modest colonial plantation house in its historic farm setting, and some historians regard it as the county's earliest surviving frame dwelling.","period_of_significance":"Ca. 1710-1932","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial/Southern Colonial","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as a single-dwelling residence; the form says all buildings are well maintained.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.961958-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/47/6799/41679947/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/97000485.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000485/c7f43f31cc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000485/c7f43f31cc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jjmusgrove","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green_Hills.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jjmusgrove</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green_Hills.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679947","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Falls","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712389"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/caroline-county/green-falls-97000485/"}