{"nrhp_refnum":"03001155","name":"Ashton-Hursh House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"204 Limekiln Rd. (Fairview Township)","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Cumberland","county":"York County","state":"PA","lat":40.21704841300004,"lon":-76.87280616499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-11-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2-1/2-story Federal style house with Greek Revival porticos and a separate frame outbuilding on a 2-1/2-acre parcel at 204 Limekiln Road in Fairview Township, northern York County, Pennsylvania, on the south bank of the Yellow Breeches Creek. The stone house dates to c. 1830 and incorporates a c. 1764 log house and a c. 1790 frame wing.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is architecturally distinctive for Fairview Township, combining Federal and Greek Revival features in a stone residence with fine interior woodwork. It also holds that the earlier log and frame dwellings built into it show successive stages of construction from the mid-18th century onward. The house is described as more refined than the township's typical historic residences, which are mostly frame vernacular homes.","narrative":"Built around 1830 of rough-cut limestone laid in regular courses, the house in Fairview Township combines Federal proportions with Greek Revival porticos over three entrances. It is wrapped around two earlier dwellings: a log house of about 1764 whose walls were enveloped in stone, and a frame house of about 1790 that now forms a wing on the north gable. The interior retains plaster walls, tongue-and-groove floors, an open string staircase with a rounded handrail, and paneled doors with reeded pilasters and shaped hood moldings. Its stone construction and classical details made it more elaborate than most houses in the township, which are largely frame. The property is linked to the Hursh family, who acquired it from the Ashton family in 1788, and it is among the few houses in the township of this design. Its architecture is the basis for its listing.","period_of_significance":"c. 1830","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal; Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Both house and outbuilding are described as in excellent condition and retaining integrity.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:38.128577-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/03001155.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001155/cf0a0676b2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001155/cf0a0676b2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ashton-Hursh_YorkCo_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:Ashton-Hursh_YorkCo_PA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995577","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton-Hursh_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4805995"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/york-county/ashton-hursh-house-03001155/"}