{"nrhp_refnum":"99001200","name":"Dogham, Doggams","other_names":["Dogham Farm","DHR File No. 018-0059"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1601 Dogham Ln.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Charles City","county":"Charles City County","state":"VA","lat":37.36096137700005,"lon":-77.238181360451,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-09-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture","European"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Dogham Farm is a one-and-a-half story frame farmhouse with outbuildings, a family cemetery and a brickyard site on about 312 acres along the James River in Charles City County, Virginia. The land was patented by Joseph Royall in 1642, and the oldest parts of the house may date to the early 18th century.","why_significant":"The house has unusual framing features, including joists carried on ledgers below the wall plate, dormers set just above the cornice, and early circular-sawn roof framing. An architectural historian from Colonial Williamsburg called these a \"detour\" in Virginia framing techniques. The property is also tied to the mid-17th-century settlers Joseph Royall, Katherine Banks and Henry Isham, who helped expand Virginia westward.","narrative":"Dogham Farm lies on the north side of the James River in Charles City County, Virginia, on land Joseph Royall patented in 1642 and named \"Doggams.\" The main house is a rambling one-and-a-half story frame dwelling. Its core is a three-bay I-house with dormers set unusually low, just above the cornice. Hidden framing details, such as joists resting on ledgers, large Roman numerals on posts and studs, and early circular-sawn roof timbers, led a Colonial Williamsburg architectural historian to place parts of the house in the early 18th century and to call it a detour in Virginia framing. The house was remodeled around the mid-19th century and enlarged in the 1930s and 1940s in Colonial Revival style. The farm also holds 20th-century farm buildings, a family cemetery, and the ruins of a brickmaking site with three round kilns that operated from the 1840s to the 1890s. Early owners, the Royall and Isham families, were part of Virginia's westward expansion in the 17th century.","period_of_significance":"1642-1949","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Colonial; Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling with farm fields, storage and animal buildings, and a cemetery. The brickyard site is overgrown, and the house was repaired and restored in 1989.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:01.08746-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/30/6800/41680030/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/99001200.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680030","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogham,_Doggams","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14712241"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/charles-city-county/dogham-doggams-99001200/"}