{"nrhp_refnum":"05000332","name":"Evans, William and Mordecai, House","other_names":["Evans, Log &amp","Stone House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1206 Main St., Linfield","address_restricted":false,"city":"Limerick Township","county":"Montgomery County","state":"PA","lat":40.20993805100005,"lon":-75.57161344999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-04-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half story stuccoed log and stone house beside Main Street at the west end of Linfield village in Limerick Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The original log section dates to about 1720, with a stone addition of 1763 and a frame addition of 1984.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a highly preserved 18th century log and stone dwelling that retains original materials and construction. It cites Welsh features, including a windowed inglenook in the fireplace and an outside corbelled chimney wall giving access to the attic, as evidence of Welsh influence on domestic architecture in the area. It also states the house was briefly used by George Washington's headquarters in September 1777 during the Philadelphia Campaign.","narrative":"Beside Main Street at the west end of Linfield village in Limerick Township, Montgomery County, stands a stuccoed log and stone house begun about 1720 by William Evans, a son of Welsh immigrants. Its hand-adzed oak logs are dovetailed, and a stone section was added to the east gable in 1763 by Mordecai Evans. The log section retains a Welsh-style fireplace with a small window beside it, called an inglenook, and the fireplace wall projects outside the gable to form an attic access stair. The house is regarded as a well-preserved example of 18th century log and stone building in southeastern Pennsylvania, with possible Welsh influence on its design. On September 19, 1777, General George Washington used the house as a brief headquarters while crossing the Schuylkill River during the Philadelphia Campaign. The house was also used for religious meetings by the local community in the eighteenth century.","period_of_significance":"Circa 1720-1763","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"No Style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:10:27.237302-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/05000332.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000332/2cf135e6d1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000332/2cf135e6d1-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wm_n_Mordecai_Evans_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wm_n_Mordecai_Evans_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996278","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_and_Mordecai_Evans_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8020733"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/montgomery-county/evans-william-and-mordecai-house-05000332/"}