{"nrhp_refnum":"98000696","name":"Anderson House","other_names":["011-0056"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5640 Lee Ln.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Haymakertown","county":"Botetourt County","state":"VA","lat":37.477931366000064,"lon":-79.96644082027325,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-02-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick central-passage-plan house of about 1828 on a 47-acre farm overlooking Catawba Creek in western Botetourt County, Virginia, with a meathouse, a barn and a former mill pond site.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an important example of a regionally popular brick house form from the 1820s. The tract is also tied to the industrial development of western Virginia, shown by the site of a sawmill pond near the Brunswick Forge ironworks. It was built for sawmill owner and land speculator Robert Anderson, Jr., and later held by his nephew, Dr. William Neely Anderson.","narrative":"Overlooking Catawba Creek in mountainous western Botetourt County, this two-story brick house was completed around 1828 for Robert Anderson, Jr., a land speculator and sawmill owner. It follows a central-passage plan with an unusual asymmetrical four-bay front, Flemish bond walls, a molded brick cornice and Federal mantels with sunburst and paneled friezes. Inside, original pine floors, grained doors and an open winder stair survive. A fireback bears the name of the nearby Martha Furnace. A west wing and frame studio were added in 1969. The 47-acre farm also holds an early meathouse, an early twentieth-century barn and the depression of a mill pond linked to Anderson's sawmill. The property was recognized as a representative example of a brick house type common in the region in the 1820s, and for its link to the lumbering and iron-making activity around Brunswick Forge. Robert's nephew, physician William Neely Anderson, bought the farm in 1840.","period_of_significance":"c. 1810-1852","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early 19th Century: Federal","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant/not in use, though the text says the house was rehabilitated in 1969 and has been well maintained since.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.567973-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/26/6798/41679826/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/98000696.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000696/07169b5476-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000696/07169b5476-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anderson_House_closeup_from_Lee_Lane.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anderson_House_closeup_from_Lee_Lane.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679826","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson_House_(Haymakertown,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14711966"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/botetourt-county/anderson-house-98000696/"}