{"nrhp_refnum":"99000142","name":"Ballard-Maupin House","other_names":["Plainview Farm","VDHR File No. 02-239"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4257 Ballard's Mill Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Free Union","county":"Albemarle County","state":"VA","lat":38.153666040000076,"lon":-78.59783856799999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-02-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Ballard-Maupin House (Plainview Farm) is a frame vernacular farmhouse with two outbuildings on about four acres one mile west of Free Union in northwestern Albemarle County, Virginia. The oldest section may date from 1750-1790, with a major expansion around 1800-1820.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion C as a well-preserved early vernacular dwelling in Albemarle County, where fewer than a dozen houses are known from the mid-to-late 18th century. The hand-carved woodwork and reeded mantels are unusually fine for a vernacular house of the period. The outbuildings are remnants of a working farm that operated into the 1940s.","narrative":"Located one mile west of Free Union in northwestern Albemarle County, this frame farmhouse, known as Plainview Farm, is made up of three sections. The oldest, a one-story, three-bay section with a rubble stone foundation, probably dates from 1750-1790 and was likely built by early settler Thomas Ballard. Between about 1800 and 1820 it was extended west and raised by a half story. The interior from this period includes reeded mantels and paneled wainscot of unusually high craftsmanship for a vernacular house. Later owners from the Maupin family added a rear porch and addition in the late 1800s, and further changes followed in the 1930s. A 1994-1995 restoration replaced the late addition with a new kitchen and dining wing and returned the earliest rooms to their original layout. A mid-19th-century shed and an early-20th-century tractor shed also survive. The property was listed for its architecture, as a rare surviving early Albemarle County dwelling.","period_of_significance":"c. 1750-1945","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Other - early vernacular frame","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The house is described as in excellent condition after a 1994-1995 restoration and the addition of a rear kitchen and dining wing; it is still used as a single dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.723608-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/63/6792/41679263/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/99000142.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000142/a5a82ac43e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000142/a5a82ac43e-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"EdJF","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ballard-Maupin_House_Virginia.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">EdJF</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ballard-Maupin_House_Virginia.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679263","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballard%E2%80%93Maupin_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14711996"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/albemarle-county/ballard-maupin-house-99000142/"}