{"nrhp_refnum":"97001403","name":"Red Fox Inn","other_names":["Middleburg Inn","Beveridge House","DHR File No. 259-18","See Also:"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2 E. Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Middleburg","county":"Loudoun County","state":"VA","lat":38.967906095000046,"lon":-77.72962883899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-11-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A fieldstone inn and restaurant at 2 East Washington Street (U.S. Route 50) in Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, dating from circa 1830 and probably incorporating an earlier eighteenth-century stone building. It was built as a tavern by Nobel Beveridge and later remodeled several times.","why_significant":"The inn is significant locally under Criterion A for its link to Middleburg's transportation, commercial and social history, from a stagecoach stop on the Ashby Gap Turnpike to a social center of the hunt country. Under Criterion C it is a large, well-preserved example of fieldstone architecture from several periods. It was remodeled in the 1940s by architect William A. Dew.","narrative":"Located at the corner of Washington and Madison Streets in Middleburg, this fieldstone building began as a tavern and has operated as an inn for generations. Its core dates to about 1830, when Nobel Beveridge expanded or rebuilt an older stone tavern, and it probably contains an eighteenth-century structure. The two-and-one-half-story main block has a rear wing, stone chimneys and a 1940s pedimented porch. The inn served travelers on the Ashby Gap Turnpike and later worked as a butcher shop, post office, apartment house and hotel. By the early 1900s it hosted fox-hunting parties, and in 1937 investors renamed it the Red Fox Inn. Architect William A. Dew redesigned the interior in the 1940s, adding paneling, mantels and a basement bar and restaurant, and removed the two-story front porch. A 1961 presidential press conference was held in one of its rooms. Its exterior was apparently never painted or stuccoed, which adds to its architectural value.","period_of_significance":"circa 1830 - 1947","architect_builder":"William B. Dew, A.I.A. (1940s remodelling)","architectural_style":"Early Republic: Federal; Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals: Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a hotel and restaurant, with a continued program of maintenance and restoration by its present owners.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.412682-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/99/6815/41681599/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/97001403.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001403/2985472af1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001403/2985472af1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cecouchman","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RedFoxInn_Middleburg_Loudoun.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Cecouchman</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:RedFoxInn_Middleburg_Loudoun.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"82001823","name":"Middleburg Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/middleburg-historic-district-82001823/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681599","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Fox_Inn_%26_Tavern","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713120"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/loudoun-county/red-fox-inn-97001403/"}