{"nrhp_refnum":"97000489","name":"Brook Hill Farm","other_names":["VDHR File no. 009-0318"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"0.75 mi. S of jct. of US 221 and VA 643","address_restricted":false,"city":"Forest","county":"Bedford (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.36892543850004,"lon":-79.37124184195162,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-06-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 43.95-acre farm on County Road 643 near Forest, Bedford County, Virginia, centered on a 1904 frame farmhouse with a 1909 schoolhouse, icehouse, hog barn, blacksmith's shop and three archaeological sites.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farm is significant under Criterion C for its well-preserved form and detailing, which show an architectural sophistication unusual for turn-of-the-century farmhouses in rural Bedford County. The house blends Queen Anne decoration with a broad Bungalow/Craftsman form and Federal and Greek Revival details. It is described as one of the earliest bungalow-form houses identified in the area.","narrative":"Brook Hill Farm is a 43.95-acre farm on County Road 643 between Forest and Goode in Bedford County, Virginia. Its main house was begun in 1904 and designed by Graham Webb, a Tennessee native, with local neighborhood workmen doing the construction. The frame dwelling combines Queen Anne decoration with the broad, compact form of the Bungalow/Craftsman style, a shape that did not become common in the county until the 1920s. Federal and Greek Revival moldings and mantelpieces, parquet heart pine floors, a wraparound porch with Doric columns and a hidden room add to its character. Surviving outbuildings include an icehouse, hog barn, blacksmith's shop and a schoolhouse built in 1909, now a guest house. Sites of a barn, a carriage house and an unidentified foundation are also counted. The farm was listed for its architecture, as an unusually sophisticated and well-preserved rural dwelling of its period, and it remains a working family farm.","period_of_significance":"1904","architect_builder":"Webb, Mrs. Graham","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne; Late 19th & Early 20th Century American Movements: Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in residential use and farmed as a family farm; the former schoolhouse serves as a guest house.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.122201-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/48/6797/41679748/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/97000489.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000489/95dfa89109-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000489/95dfa89109-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brook_Hill_Farmhouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brook_Hill_Farmhouse.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"05001345","name":"Bellevue Rural Historic District (Additional Documentation)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/bellevue-rural-historic-district-additional-documentation-05001345/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679748","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brook_Hill_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712084"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/bedford/brook-hill-farm-97000489/"}