Lawn, The
Also known as: 76-178
The pin is a point inside the NPS boundary polygon, not a surveyed location.
Why it's listed
The Lawn is a country estate at Greenwich, in western Prince William County, Virginia. Charles Green, an English-born cotton merchant from Savannah, bought the land in 1855 and built a board-and-batten Carpenter Gothic mansion, finished around 1861, with matching outbuildings set in a park-like lawn. The complex struck one Civil War visitor as the strangest house in Virginia. After the main house burned, Green's son-in-law William MacKall hired the Washington firm A. B. Mullett and Co., which designed a Tudor Revival replacement completed in 1926 on the original foundation. Surviving outbuildings include a Gothic Revival schoolhouse, a stone dairy, a smokehouse, a root cellar, a tenant house and a barn. The estate is notable as the only surviving Gothic Revival farm complex of its kind in the county. It also has a literary link, since Green's grandson, the novelist Julian Green, visited and set a novel there.
Significance in brief: It is described as the only surviving example in Prince William County of Gothic Revival used as the overall theme of a mid-nineteenth century farm complex. It is also an unusual case of Romantic Revival styles within a picturesque rural landscape. It is tied to Charles Green, an English cotton merchant, and his family, including the French author Julian Green.
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 89001798, listed October 30, 1989. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | 15027 Vint Hill Rd./VA 215, Nokesville |
|---|---|
| County | Prince William County |
| Listed | October 30, 1989 |
| Reference number | 89001798 |
| Resource type | District |
| Period of significance | 1850-1926 |
| Architect / builder | Charles Green; A. B. Mullett and Co., Washington, D.C.; Julian Green |
| Architectural style | Mid-Nineteenth Century/Gothic Revival; Twentieth Century Revivals/Tudor Revival |
| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | The house and grounds are described as carefully maintained and in residential use. A privy, a barn, a silo and the ruins of a turkey barn are overgrown or in poor condition. |
| Acreage | 29 |
| Coordinates | 38.74952, -77.64530 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 89001798.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q16901505
- This listing as JSON
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