{"nrhp_refnum":"02000070","name":"Byers-Muma House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1402 Trout Run Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"East Donegal","county":"Lancaster County","state":"PA","lat":40.08667968000003,"lon":-76.55090206999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-02-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2-1/2-story stone farmhouse with a stuccoed one-story-turned-two-story kitchen wing on the south side of Trout Run Road in East Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on a subdivided lot of less than an acre.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an excellent example of a vernacular Lancaster County farmhouse that grew over about a century from a one-story dwelling into a two-and-a-half-story residence with an attached kitchen wing. It is described as one of the oldest buildings in East Donegal Township, retaining features from every stage of its evolution and blending English Georgian and Pennsylvania German traditions.","narrative":"Built around 1740 as a one-story stone farmhouse in East Donegal Township, Lancaster County, the dwelling was enlarged about 1798-1815 by Jacob Muma into a two-and-a-half-story house, and a one-room kitchen wing was added on the east gable end around 1805. Its stone walls, arched lintels, quoins and a rounder staircase, together with Georgian-style corner fireplaces and multi-light sash, show a blend of Pennsylvania German and English building traditions. The house is regarded as an excellent example of a vernacular Lancaster County farmhouse that evolved over roughly a century. Its interior retains molded and paneled woodwork, Bible cupboards, original iron hardware, plaster walls and oak floorboards. A spring still runs in the basement. The property was abandoned in the mid-1950s and used as a barn for about fifteen years before rehabilitation in 1970 and again in 1998-1999. Its importance rests on its layered construction and the survival of much of its original fabric.","period_of_significance":"C. 1740-c. 1850","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Pennsylvania German Colonial; Georgian; Pennsylvania German vernacular","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated in 1970 and again between June 1998 and February 1999; described as in excellent condition and retaining integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.148161-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/02000070.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000070/dea0eff133-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000070/dea0eff133-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1402_Trout_Run_Byers_Muma_PA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</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:1402_Trout_Run_Byers_Muma_PA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995327","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byers-Muma_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5004064"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lancaster-county/byers-muma-house-02000070/"}