{"nrhp_refnum":"98001161","name":"Stuart, J.E.B., Birthplace","other_names":["070-0060","44pk112","44pk113"],"category":"site","location":{"address":"N side of VA 773, W of jct. with VA 617","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ararat","county":"Patrick County","state":"VA","lat":36.56343231500006,"lon":-80.55326904751676,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-09-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Military"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 71-acre site of ridge top, wooded bluffs and bottomland on the Ararat River near Ararat in Patrick County, Virginia, holding the archaeological remains of Laurel Hill, the house built in 1830 where J.E.B. Stuart was born in 1833.","why_significant":"It is associated with Confederate cavalry general J.E.B. Stuart's birth and formative years, and with his father Archibald Stuart, a regionally important political figure. It also has research potential as the well-preserved remains of an early nineteenth-century farmstead destroyed by fire in 1847-48. The form argues for national significance because of Stuart's prominence.","narrative":"Seventy-one acres of ridge top, wooded bluffs and river bottomland near Ararat, Virginia, mark the place where Confederate cavalry commander James Ewell Brown \"Jeb\" Stuart was born on February 6, 1833. His father, Archibald Stuart, built a house called Laurel Hill on the farm in 1830. A fire destroyed it in 1847-48 and it was never rebuilt, so today the house survives only as archaeological remains, including a cellar about twenty by sixteen feet. Other surviving features include historic road traces, a fence line and the site of Archibald Stuart's grave. The property was listed for its link to Stuart's childhood, which the nomination presents as the setting where he learned the horsemanship that later served him in the Civil War. It is also recognized for Archibald Stuart's regional political role and for the research value of the farmstead remains. The period of significance runs from about 1820 to 1855. The land is still farmed.","period_of_significance":"Ca. 1820-1855","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["B","D"],"status_note":"The Laurel Hill house burned in 1847-48 and only archaeological remains survive. The land remains in agricultural use, with cultivation on the river bottom and cattle pasture on higher ground. A ca. 1930 tenant house is abandoned.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.617115-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/60/6824/41682460/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/98001161.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001161/0e09ef4cfb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001161/0e09ef4cfb-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jeb_Stuart_Birthplace.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jeb_Stuart_Birthplace.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682460","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurel_Hill_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6499856"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/patrick-county/stuart-j-e-b-birthplace-98001161/"}