{"nrhp_refnum":"03001156","name":"Welles, Ellen and Charles F., House (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["Grovedale Farm","Welles and Bixby Houses"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"3 Grovedale Ln.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wyalusing","county":"Bradford County","state":"PA","lat":41.660495240000074,"lon":-76.26127865120708,"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 boundary increase and additional documentation for the Welles Farm (Grovedale) in Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, adding five buildings and 99.7 acres to the earlier listed Ellen and Charles F. Welles House property. The main building is the Bixby House, a brick dwelling built circa 1843 by Charles F. Welles for his children.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the Bixby House and its outbuildings contribute under Criterion C in architecture, combining Greek Revival and Italianate influences and featuring distinct servants' quarters, and that the farm is significant under Criterion A in agriculture as an exceptionally large diversified operation from 1822 to 1953. The Bixby House is described as one of the oldest homes in the Wyalusing area and unique to it.","narrative":"Built circa 1843 by Charles F. Welles for his children, the Bixby House is a two-story painted brick dwelling in Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, about 60 yards north of the Welles House. Its two-story master side rises above a one-and-a-half-story servants' side, and it has pitched hipped roofs, multiple porches supported by fluted columns, and a walnut spiral staircase. Its servants' quarters, a feature not seen elsewhere in the area according to the documentation, are part of its significance under architecture, which reflects both Greek Revival and Italianate influences. The farm it anchors, Grovedale, grew from land Charles Welles managed for Mathias Hollenback from 1820. It was assessed at 635 acres in 1850 and 674 acres in 1880, and was regarded as an exceptional operation for its scale, with crops, dairy herds and a gristmill. The farm's agricultural history from 1822 to 1953 is the basis for its listing.","period_of_significance":"1822-1953","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival and Italianate influences","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The master side of the Bixby House now houses the Wyalusing Valley Museum, Inc., and the house was divided into two sections in 1948.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.240203-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/03001156.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998814","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/bradford-county/welles-ellen-and-charles-f-house-boundary-increase-03001156/"}