George Oscar Thompson House Explained

George Oscar Thompson House
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:November 18, 1980[1]
Designated Other1 Number:092-0018
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:37.0719°N -81.5558°W
Built:-1887
Builder:Thomas Mastin Hawkins
Architecture:Log house
Added:June 28, 1982
Refnum:82004608

George Oscar Thompson House, also known as the Sam Ward Bishop House, was a historic home located near Tazewell, Tazewell County, Virginia. It was built in 1886–1887, and was a two-story, three-bay, T-shaped frame dwelling. It had a foundation of rubble limestone. The front facade featured a one-story porch on the center bay supported by chamfered posts embellished with sawn brackets. Also on the property were a contributing limestone spring house, a one-room log structure (late 18th- to early 19th-century), and a -story frame structure (1831 through 1851). Tradition suggests the latter buildings were the first and second houses built by the Thompson family.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It was demolished by 2017, when a new house was photographed under construction on this site.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: George Oscar Thompson House . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff . March 1981. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo