{"nrhp_refnum":"97001507","name":"Early, Jubal A., House","other_names":["Jubal A. Earl Homeplace and Archeological Site","VDHR fiel no."],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NW of jct. of VA 116 and VA 684","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boones Mill","county":"Franklin (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.16234785900008,"lon":-79.88026719099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-12-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture","Literature","Historic - Non-Aboriginal"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame farmhouse with a barn, office ruin and other outbuildings on a Blue Ridge spur in northern Franklin County, Virginia. The original section dates to about 1820, with a major addition in the 1880s and a porch added in the early twentieth century.","why_significant":"The nomination ties the house to Confederate general Jubal A. Early, describing it as his childhood home and one of only two surviving properties directly associated with his life. It argues Early was a leading figure in shaping Civil War memory through the Lost Cause. The house also keeps Federal-style interior features and a well-preserved late-1800s wallpaper scheme.","narrative":"Set on a spur of the Blue Ridge above the North Fork of Gills Creek in northern Franklin County, this farmstead centers on a two-story frame house that grew in stages. The eastern two bays form the original one-room dwelling of heavy mortise-and-tenon frame, dated to about 1820 and retaining Federal mantels and a boxed winder stair. In the 1880s a balloon-frame addition with a center stair passage and Greek Revival trim was added to the west, along with a rear ell. The west parlor keeps an elaborate wallpaper scheme and a plaster ceiling medallion. A porch was added in the early twentieth century. Nearby are a livestock and hay barn from about 1900, the ruins of a mid-nineteenth-century office or schoolhouse, a small outbuilding, and a modern trailer. The property was listed because of its link to Confederate general Jubal A. Early, whose childhood home it is described as being, and whose postwar writing helped shape the Lost Cause view of the Civil War. It is also one of only two surviving properties tied directly to his life.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal; Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.990992-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/70/6807/41680770/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/97001507.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001507/9f871b70e0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001507/9f871b70e0-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jubal_Early_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jubal_Early_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680770","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubal_A._Early_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712647"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/franklin/early-jubal-a-house-97001507/"}