{"nrhp_refnum":"99000369","name":"Rice House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1000 Old Locke Lane","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.555796857000075,"lon":-77.51731204199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-03-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story International Style private residence at 1000 Old Locke Lane in Richmond, Virginia, on Lock Hill (Lock Island) above the James River. It was designed by Richard Neutra with Thaddeus Longstreth and built 1963-65.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is Richmond's only International Style residence and one of few Neutra works on the East Coast, meeting Criterion C as the work of a master. It meets Criterion B through its association with Ambassador Walter L. Rice, a diplomat and business executive. It also qualifies under Criteria Consideration G despite being less than fifty years old, because of its exceptional architectural significance.","narrative":"Perched on Lock Hill, a man-made island above the James River falls in Richmond, this 6,000-square-foot house was designed by Richard Neutra with Thaddeus Longstreth for Walter and Inger Rice and completed in 1965. Its low, cantilevered roofs and terraces alternate with broad bands of glass, and white Georgia marble walls and chimneys run from outside to inside. Boulders and reflecting pools tie the building to the rocky site, and a narrow bridge built for the Rices links the island to the city. The house is the city's only International Style residence and one of few Neutra works on the East Coast. It is also tied to Walter Rice, a lawyer, Reynolds Metals executive and ambassador to Australia from 1969 to 1973. Because it was less than fifty years old at the time, its listing rested on exceptional architectural significance. The Rices donated the property to the Science Museum of Virginia Foundation in 1996.","period_of_significance":"1962-1995","architect_builder":"Richard Neutra, Architect, with Thaddeus Longstreth, Architect (1962-1965). Kayhoe Construction Corp., Builder (1963-65)","architectural_style":"Modern Movement: International Style","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the owners donated the property in 1996 to the Science Museum of Virginia Foundation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:01.24267-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/51/6831/41683151/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/99000369.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000369/16a2b8971f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000369/16a2b8971f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rice_House_entrance.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rice_House_entrance.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"71000982","name":"James River and Kanawha Canal Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/james-river-and-kanawha-canal-historic-district-71000982/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683151","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_House_(Richmond,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7323011"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/rice-house-99000369/"}