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.