{"nrhp_refnum":"99000961","name":"Chellowe","other_names":["VDHR No. 014-0017"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"VA 623","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sprouses Corner","county":"Buckingham County","state":"VA","lat":37.48522144700007,"lon":-78.41460544799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-08-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Chellowe is a plantation house complex near Sprouses Corner in Buckingham County, Virginia. It includes a two-story frame main house that reached its present form about 1840, a ca. 1800 kitchen, a ca. 1840 office and garden terraces.","why_significant":"The nomination argues for architectural significance because of the house's sophisticated classically inspired exterior and interiors, ostensibly Greek Revival but likely influenced by Jeffersonian Early Classical Revival. It is also tied to Philip A. Bolling, who spoke for gradual emancipation in the Virginia legislature's slavery debate of 1831-32 after the Nat Turner insurrection.","narrative":"Chellowe is a plantation house and outbuilding group in eastern Buckingham County, Virginia, set in landscaped grounds of about eight acres. The two-story frame house took its present form around 1840 and features a Palladian three-part plan, a two-tier Roman Doric portico, a modillioned cornice and plaster ceiling medallions. Nearby are a ca. 1800 kitchen, a ca. 1840 office and remnants of garden terraces. The house was completed for Philip A. Bolling, whose builder is believed to have been Valentine Parrish. It carries the name of an earlier Chellowe built about 1760 for his grandfather, the poet and politician Robert Bolling. Philip Bolling served in the Virginia House of Delegates in 1831-32 and argued for gradual emancipation during the debate that followed the Nat Turner insurrection. That stand contributed to his defeat in 1832. The Hubard family acquired the property in 1849 and held it, with related families, until 1951. Its significance rests on its architecture and on Bolling's role in state politics.","period_of_significance":"Ca. 1800-1849","architect_builder":"Parrish, Valentine (attributed)","architectural_style":"Early Classical Revival; Greek Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as work in progress, with plans to return the kitchen to its conjectured original location and to reconstruct a pigeonaire and a brick smokehouse.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.978061-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/98/6798/41679898/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/99000961.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000961/d319b93e0a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000961/d319b93e0a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Ser Amantio di Nicolao","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Historic_marker_for_Chellowe_and_Robert_Bolling.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ser Amantio di Nicolao</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:Historic_marker_for_Chellowe_and_Robert_Bolling.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679898","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chellowe","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712158"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/buckingham-county/chellowe-99000961/"}