{"nrhp_refnum":"98000697","name":"Edmondson Hall","other_names":["95-0500-011"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Lindell Rd., 0.25 mi. N of jct. of VA 80 and VA 609","address_restricted":false,"city":"Meadowview","county":"Washington County","state":"VA","lat":36.76250257100003,"lon":-81.86444484699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-06-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Edmondson Hall is a two-story, three-bay, double-pile brick Greek Revival house built in 1857 for William C. and Susan Edmondson, on a 2.5-acre parcel beside the railroad community of Meadowview in Washington County, Virginia.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant under Criterion A for its link to William C. Edmondson's sawmill in 1860 and his store and post office in the early 1870s, which helped form a small railroad community. Under Criterion C it is a good vernacular example of late Greek Revival domestic architecture with well-preserved, largely unaltered woodwork, graining and mantels. Significance is local.","narrative":"Edmondson Hall is a two-story brick house in the late Greek Revival style, completed in 1857 for William C. and Susan Edmondson near Meadowview, Virginia. It has a hip roof, a two-story entry porch, and a center-hall plan with eight main rooms. A one-story brick wing was added around 1870. Inside, original mantels, woodwork, floors and grained doors survive, along with an unusual staircase to a partitioned attic. Edmondson was a planter, local official and sawmill operator who tried to build a small railroad-based community of manufacturing and trade on his land. He ran a store and post office in the early 1870s, but debts forced him to sell most of his holdings in 1879. Meadowview grew after the Norfolk and Western Railroad built a depot in 1883, the year he died. The house was listed for its association with this commercial and industrial activity and for its well-preserved architecture.","period_of_significance":"1857-1883","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Remains a single-family dwelling in good condition, described as unaltered; the original 383 acres are reduced to 2.5 acres and no outbuildings survive.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.504407-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/55/6840/41684055/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/98000697.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000697/4423a90646-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98000697/4423a90646-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Rutke421 (talk) 15:53, 23 December 2008 (UTC)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edmondson_Hall.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Rutke421 (talk) 15:53, 23 December 2008 (UTC)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edmondson_Hall.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41684055","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmondson_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5338963"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/washington-county/edmondson-hall-98000697/"}