{"nrhp_refnum":"97001071","name":"Ingleside","other_names":["Cedar Grove","DHR File No. 04-0057"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"10920 Rodophil Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Amelia","county":"Amelia County","state":"VA","lat":37.36889317100005,"lon":-78.16138984774489,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-09-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Ingleside is a late Federal-style frame dwelling on 48 acres of farmland at Rodophil in western Amelia County, Virginia, built about 1824 by John W. Foster, with a ca. 1840 two-story addition and two early twentieth-century barns.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is locally significant as a late Federal-style house whose chimney pieces, original woodwork and two-and-one-half-story winding stair display imaginative, folk-influenced classical detailing. These features depart from strict neoclassical rules and reflect early nineteenth-century local building practices. The house also has ties to prominent local families and two physicians, and it retains great integrity.","narrative":"Ingleside is a two-and-one-half-story frame house on a raised Flemish-bond brick basement, set among cedar trees on 48 acres of rolling farmland at Rodophil in Amelia County, Virginia. John W. Foster built it around 1824, and a two-story addition followed about 1840 in a plainer Greek Revival manner. Its nickname, \"High House,\" reflects its towering height. Inside, a winding stair rises two and a half stories, and the parlor chimney piece carries reeded sunbursts with carved \"sun faces.\" Graining painted to imitate black walnut, double architraves and long-leaf pine floors add to the refined finish. The nomination describes the woodwork as the inventive work of a skilled rural joiner who reinterpreted Federal motifs with a folk aesthetic. Later owners included Dr. John O'Sullivan, who married into the Wood and Jeter families, and Dr. Peter Edward Anderson. A ca. 1920 hay barn and ca. 1910 tobacco barn contribute to the property, which is significant for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1824 - 1920","architect_builder":"unknown (built ca. 1824 by John W. Foster, according to the narrative)","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the form describes the house as retaining great integrity, with a rebuilt front portico and a rebuilt portion of the west chimney.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.750814-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/96/6794/41679496/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/97001071.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001071/ccbe5030fc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001071/ccbe5030fc-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ingleside_through_the_trees.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ingleside_through_the_trees.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679496","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingleside_(Amelia_Courthouse,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712604"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/amelia-county/ingleside-97001071/"}