Locustville is significant because it is one of the few surviving, relatively unaltered examples of Greek Revival architecture of the second quarter of the nineteenth century in Virginia's Northern Neck. It is an example of a popular architectural style that dominated American building from 1830 to 1850, especially in states that had significant population growth during the period from 1820 to 1860. Locustville has remained relatively unaltered since its construction. The residence of the Rogers family, substantial landowners in Lancaster County since 1787, Locustville represents the decline of such influential families in the years following the Civil War. The Rogerses, like so many other southern planters, were unable to maintain the level of wealth that they enjoyed prior to the war. Paid labor did not reap the same profit as free labor, and as a result, Locustville and other plantations entered a period of neglect and decline. - NRHP, 21 October 1994