{"nrhp_refnum":"00000452","name":"Nelson, John H., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"104 Colvin Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fallowfield","county":"Washington County","state":"PA","lat":40.13460948300008,"lon":-79.95757497699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-05-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Queen Anne farmhouse on about one acre at the head of a hollow in Fallowfield Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, built about 1895.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is the only known brick Queen Anne farmhouse in Fallowfield Township and an intact rural example of the style. It is described as the township's leading Queen Anne house of the decade, with slate roofing, lathe-turned porch details, a two-story cut-away bay window and original interior woodwork, including faux-grained doors and oak stair.","narrative":"Built about 1895 on a nearly level acre in Fallowfield Township, this two-story farmhouse of hand-made red brick was constructed by local contractor H.A. Hannen from plans drawn by local architect William H. Riggle. The house has a pinwheel floor plan with four nearly square rooms around a central stair hall, and its north facade has a semi-octagonal bay window. Its features include lathe-turned porch posts, fish-scale shingles in one gable, vermiculated stone at the watertable and steps, and segmentally arched window openings. The interior keeps seven original hand-painted faux-oak doors and an oak staircase. The house is regarded as the most sophisticated farmhouse of its style in the township and a simpler variant of the Queen Anne than the larger examples in nearby towns. Its intact rural form and detailing are the basis for its listing.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1895","architect_builder":"Riggle, William H., Architect; Hannen, H.A., Builder","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Retains its original slate roof and most interior woodwork; a family room addition was built to the east around 1980 and the kitchen and bathroom were installed around 1970.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:38.117986-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/00000452.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000452/84caaaaffc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00000452/84caaaaffc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Generic1139","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_H._Nelson_House_front.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Generic1139</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_H._Nelson_House_front.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995579","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_H._Nelson_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6237011"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/washington-county/nelson-john-h-house-00000452/"}