{"nrhp_refnum":"99000069","name":"Moss Neck Manor","other_names":["VDHR File #16-18"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"VA 766, S side of Rappahannock R.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Rappahannock Academy","county":"Caroline County","state":"VA","lat":38.207097552500045,"lon":-77.32999691706102,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-01-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Greek Revival plantation mansion on a bluff above the south side of the Rappahannock River near Rappahannock Academy, Caroline County, Virginia, completed around 1856 for James Parke Corbin.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house ranks among Virginia's outstanding Greek Revival plantation houses, with a five-part Palladian composition, a 225-foot façade and fine Flemish bond brickwork. It was built for the prominent Corbin family and is believed to evoke their earlier seat, Laneville. Confederate General Stonewall Jackson used the plantation as winter headquarters in 1862-63.","narrative":"Moss Neck Manor is a large brick plantation house on a wooded bluff overlooking the Rappahannock River in Caroline County, Virginia. James Parke Corbin had it built in the 1850s, and it was finished around 1856, after the family's colonial seat, Laneville, burned in 1843. The house has a two-story center block, long connecting hyphens and pedimented end wings, stretching 225 feet along its main façades. Fluted Roman Doric columns, an octagonal cupola and precise Flemish bond brickwork give it an air of restrained grandeur. The builders are unknown. In the winter of 1862-63, General Stonewall Jackson made his headquarters on the plantation, choosing an office outbuilding over the house itself. After years of neglect, Theodore V. Houser bought the property in 1938 and modernized the interior, adding plumbing, heating, electricity and later woodwork, while leaving the exterior largely intact. It is listed for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1850-1940","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th-century Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single-dwelling residence; the exterior survives almost unchanged and the brickwork is in excellent condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.532148-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/53/6799/41679953/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/99000069.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000069/b20944dda9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000069/b20944dda9-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_to_Moss_Neck_Manor.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_to_Moss_Neck_Manor.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679953","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moss_Neck_Manor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712899"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/caroline-county/moss-neck-manor-99000069/"}