Shadow Lawn
Why it's listed
Shadow Lawn is a two-story, double-pile Italianate house on North Main Street in Chase City, Virginia. Its oldest portion dates to about 1834, when Richard Puryear, a leading citizen of the village then called Christiansville, built a home on his land. After the Civil War, George Endly, a Northern newcomer who later co-founded Chase City, bought the property in 1868 and had it enlarged. Builder Jacob W. Holt added the three-bay front section in 1869-70 and extended the center hall through the older house. The facade has a center gable with a pinwheel round window, bracketed eaves, a bracketed front porch, and round-headed windows. Inside, a central passage holds an open-string stair and Federal and Victorian mantels. In 1902 the house was sold to a mineral water company, which used it as a club house for a nearby hotel. The McKinney family has owned it since 1935. It stands on about half an acre, the remainder of the original estate.
Significance in brief: The nomination calls it the key landmark structure of Chase City. It grew in two stages alongside the town's change from the crossroads village of Christiansville to a colony of Northern settlers after the Civil War. The 1869-70 enlargement is attributed to Jacob W. Holt, whose ornamented Italianate wooden buildings are noted in the form.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 82001824, listed October 19, 1982. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 27 N. Main St., Chase City |
|---|---|
| County | Mecklenburg County |
| Listed | October 19, 1982 |
| Reference number | 82001824 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1800-1899 |
| Architect / builder | Jacob W. Holt (1869 addition) |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | State |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Occupied private residence in good condition, with the exterior and interior described as unaltered and on its original site. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Within district | Chase City Warehouse and Commercial Historic District |
| Coordinates | 36.79728, -78.45804 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary: it recognises significance and does not restrict what a private owner may do without federal money or permits. It unlocks the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit for income-producing buildings, state credits in many states, and Section 106 review when federal agencies are involved. See what listing means in practice.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 82001824.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q14713194
- This listing as JSON
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