{"nrhp_refnum":"99001724","name":"Walnut Hill","other_names":["015-5012"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Rte. 2, Lawyers Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lynchburg","county":"Campbell County","state":"VA","lat":37.27288502600007,"lon":-79.22060043650285,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-01-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A story-and-a-half log and frame farmhouse with outbuildings, a kitchen chimney and a family cemetery in northern Campbell County, Virginia, near Lynchburg. The oldest section is a log dwelling built in 1802 for Samuel and Judith Clark Moorman.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is significant under Criterion C for architecture at the local level. The early log and frame sections have Georgian interior finishes and unusual false-panel batten doors. The stone-walled nineteenth-century cemetery, with its cantilevered stile and carved monuments, is also noted for its construction and artistry.","narrative":"Walnut Hill is a farmhouse and small farmstead in the Flat Creek valley of northern Campbell County, Virginia. Its oldest part is a one-room log dwelling from 1802, built for Samuel and Judith Clark Moorman. A frame addition followed, probably before 1820, and became the front of the house. Later one-story additions came in about 1870, 1948-1950 and 1984. Inside, the early sections have Georgian mantels, winder stairs and batten doors with applied moldings that imitate panel doors. Nearby are two log outbuildings, a meathouse and a chickenhouse, along with a stone chimney left from a log kitchen. On a ridge above the house, the Moorman-Leftwich Cemetery is enclosed by a stone wall with a cantilevered stile and holds carved monuments. The property was listed for its architecture, covering the Georgian interior finishes of the early house and the craftsmanship of the cemetery, with a period of significance from 1802 to about 1900.","period_of_significance":"1802-ca. 1900","architect_builder":"Leftwich, William Edward, Jr. (rehabilitation); Goad, Mr. (rehabilitation contractor)","architectural_style":"Georgian","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still a single dwelling with secondary structures and a cemetery. The log meathouse and chickenhouse are in poor condition. The house was rehabilitated in 1948-1950 and extended in 1984.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.679648-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/24/6799/41679924/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/99001724.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001724/f3eba3c2ba-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001724/f3eba3c2ba-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lawyers_Road_at_Walnut_Hill_farmstead.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lawyers_Road_at_Walnut_Hill_farmstead.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679924","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walnut_Hill_(Lynchburg,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713490"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/campbell-county/walnut-hill-99001724/"}