{"nrhp_refnum":"99000727","name":"Woodbourne","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"VA 657, 1.5 miles W. of Jct. US Alt. 29 and VA 657","address_restricted":false,"city":"Madison","county":"Madison County","state":"VA","lat":38.38065257200006,"lon":-78.27763995971574,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-06-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":[],"significance_levels":[],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Woodbourne is a two-story, gable-roofed brick farmhouse in rolling Piedmont countryside near Madison, Madison County, Virginia, built between 1805 and 1814 for Henry Price. The property also includes an old kitchen building and the ruins of an early barn foundation.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that Woodbourne is a fine example of Federal-style architecture in Virginia's Piedmont, distinguished by its Flemish bond brickwork, cornice molding, room proportions and main-floor mantels. Much of its original fabric survives. It is also tied to Dr. George N. Thrift, whose threatened duel with James L. Kemper drew national notice.","narrative":"Woodbourne is a two-story brick farmhouse in the rolling Piedmont countryside near Madison, Virginia. It was built between 1805 and 1814 for Henry Price, a landowner who held 886 acres in the county by 1806. The house is laid in Flemish bond and has a heavy wood cornice, a simple two-over-two room plan, an enclosed stair and original mantels with reeding and sunburst motifs. A two-story old kitchen with a stone first floor stands nearby, and the stone foundation of an early barn lies across a stream. Frame wings, some early and some added in the 1940s, flank the brick core without harming its appearance. The property is notable as a restrained Federal-style farmhouse that keeps much of its original material. It is also linked to Dr. George N. Thrift, a physician who bought it in 1848 and whose scheduled duel with attorney James L. Kemper led to published pamphlets. The Thrift family kept the farm until 1943.","period_of_significance":"1805-1814","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling, with plans stated for restoring the porch, windows and old kitchen interior.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.618875-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/39/6818/41681839/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/99000727.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000727/a3e403ede5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000727/a3e403ede5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Gauemj2017","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodbourne.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Gauemj2017</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodbourne.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681839","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodbourne_(Madison,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713554"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/madison-county/woodbourne-99000727/"}