{"nrhp_refnum":"02001335","name":"McClenathan, J.C., Dr., House and Office","other_names":["Medical Center Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"134 S. Pittsburgh St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Connellsville","county":"Fayette County","state":"PA","lat":40.01701426500006,"lon":-79.58938236499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-11-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story rock-faced stone house with a combined doctor's office, on the west side of Pittsburgh Street two blocks south of the main intersection in Connellsville's central business district, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It was built in the 1890s.","why_significant":"The house is significant as a good example of the Richardsonian Romanesque style, with Queen Anne and some Italianate details, and as a medium-sized combined residence and doctor's office in a business district that was rapidly redeveloped. The nomination states it is Connellsville's best example of this style and trend and one of the best 1890s buildings of any style in the central business district.","narrative":"Built in the 1890s on Pittsburgh Street in Connellsville's central business district, this two-and-a-half-story house is faced in rock-faced local limestone, probably quarried nearby, and has a two-story inset porch with round and segmental arches. Dr. J.C. McClenathan, a local physician, built it as both his residence and his medical office, and he acquired the lot in four parcels between 1884 and 1897. He practiced there until his retirement, and his estate sold the property in 1933. The house combines Richardsonian Romanesque massing and stonework with Queen Anne and Italianate features, including a pyramidal-roofed corner tower, a stone gable parapet, and carved newel posts and door casings inside. Its stone walls have resisted the soot of heavy industry, and the upper windows remain original. The nomination regards it as an uncommon survival of stone Romanesque construction in a small industrial town, where brick and mixed-material variants were more frequent.","period_of_significance":"1890-1900","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Romanesque; Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The first floor still serves as a doctor's office, with later partitioning and suspended ceilings; the upper floors are relatively intact. The second-story porch balustrade was removed and the first-story windows were partly blocked.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.743682-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/02001335.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001335/82634c12a5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001335/82634c12a5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Canadian2006","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McClenathan_House_Connellsville_Pennsylvania.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian2006</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:McClenathan_House_Connellsville_Pennsylvania.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995128","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._J.C._McClenathan_House_and_Office","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5304165"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/fayette-county/mcclenathan-j-c-dr-house-and-office-02001335/"}