{"nrhp_refnum":"99000968","name":"Kanawha","other_names":["Tuckahoe","159-5030"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4 Jamison Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Luray","county":"Page County","state":"VA","lat":38.66172230500007,"lon":-78.45959808799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-08-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Kanawha (also called Tuckahoe) is a two-and-a-half-story Classical Revival brick and tile-block house at 4 Jamison Road in the Inn Lawn subdivision of Luray, Virginia, built 1921-1923 with gate pillars, a pump house, spring weirs and two modern garages.","why_significant":"The house is tied to Vernon H. Ford, a Luray businessman and mayor who headed the Luray Land Company that developed the Inn Lawn subdivision (Criterion B, community planning and development). It is also considered one of Luray's largest and finest residences of the first half of the twentieth century (Criterion C, architecture). The house also served as a promotion of his Inn Lawn venture.","narrative":"Kanawha, also called Tuckahoe, is a large Classical Revival house at 4 Jamison Road in Luray, Virginia. Built between 1921 and 1923 on an elevated terrace above Hawksbill Creek, it has Flemish-bond brick and tile-block walls, a green Spanish tile roof, and a semicircular Corinthian front portico. Inside, Doric and Ionic colonnade screens divide the living and circulation spaces, and the dining room has 1940s Chinese wallpaper. Roanoke architect George R. Ragan prepared the plans for businessman and mayor Vernon H. Ford, president of the Luray Land Company. The company laid out the curving-street Inn Lawn subdivision, the first of its kind in Page County, and the house was meant to match Ford's standing and to promote the development. The grounds also hold brick gate pillars, a pump house and spring-fed weirs. The property was listed for its link to Ford and for its architecture, with significance spanning 1921 to Ford's death in 1931.","period_of_significance":"1921-1931","architect_builder":"Ragan, George R.","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Listed function shows the property as a single dwelling historically; current functions include a single dwelling, secondary structure and gate pillars, with one entry marked vacant/not in use. The form describes the house as retaining good integrity.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.145725-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/14/6824/41682414/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/99000968.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000968/c3757e9fb7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000968/c3757e9fb7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Cecouchman","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kanawha_4925.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Cecouchman</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kanawha_4925.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682414","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanawha_(Luray,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15233398"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/page-county/kanawha-99000968/"}