{"nrhp_refnum":"99001721","name":"Westbourne","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"330 Oak Ln.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.573765371000036,"lon":-77.50716127599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-01-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Landscape Architecture","Literature"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Westbourne (originally Pinehurst) is a large brick Georgian Revival mansion at 330 Oak Lane in Richmond, Virginia, designed by architect W. Duncan Lee in 1915 and completed in 1919 for businessman Abram L. McClellan.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its link to architect W. Duncan Lee, landscape architect Charles F. Gillette, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas Southall Freeman. It is described as an exceptional example of Georgian Revival style. Freeman owned it from 1938 and wrote in a third-floor office, and Gillette designed extensive gardens during his occupation.","narrative":"Westbourne is a two-and-one-half story brick mansion at 330 Oak Lane in Richmond, drawn up by architect W. Duncan Lee in December 1915 and finished in 1919. It was built as Pinehurst for real estate operator Abram L. McClellan. The house has a hipped slate roof, a tetrastyle Corinthian portico on the north front, granite trim, and flanking two-story wings for a sun room and for service quarters. Its interior is notably restrained compared with the bold exterior. In 1938 Douglas Southall Freeman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, bought the property and renamed it Westbourne. He wrote in a third-floor room, and Charles F. Gillette designed extensive gardens for him, including cherry trees, a rose garden and azaleas. Most of the grounds were later subdivided, leaving only fragments of the gardens. The house is significant for its architecture, landscape design and literary associations.","period_of_significance":"1919 - 1949","architect_builder":"W. Duncan Lee; Charles Gillette, Landscape Architect","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival (described in the text as Georgian Revival, with a restrained Federal Revival interior)","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Used as a single dwelling; the text describes ongoing renovations by the current owners and only fragments of the formal gardens remaining.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.219742-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/91/6830/41683091/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/99001721.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001721/bc3726c446-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001721/bc3726c446-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Morgan Riley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Westbourne,_Richmond,_Virginia_-_2011.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Morgan Riley</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Westbourne,_Richmond,_Virginia_-_2011.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683091","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westbourne_(Richmond,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16903151"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/westbourne-99001721/"}