{"nrhp_refnum":"07000033","name":"Lynn Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W side of US 6, 1.5 mi. W of Port Allegany","address_restricted":false,"city":"Liberty Township","county":"McKean County","state":"PA","lat":41.82687135100008,"lon":-78.30682043299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-02-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Lynn Hall is a two-story concrete and stone building on U.S. Route 6 in Liberty Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania, 1½ miles west of Port Allegany. It was begun around 1935 as a restaurant and residence built by Walter J. Hall, with later additions by his son R.V. Hall.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a distinctive example of modernist architecture in Pennsylvania, shaped by the collaboration of builder Walter Hall and his architect son. Its design was influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright, and it reflects Wrightian features such as built-in furniture, radiant floor heat, and indirect lighting. The building is also tied to Walter Hall's contact with Wright's work and the Fallingwater project.","narrative":"Built around 1935 in Liberty Township near Port Allegany, Lynn Hall is a two-story restaurant and residence of concrete slabs faced with blue limestone and sandstone, set into a wooded hillside along U.S. Route 6. Walter J. Hall, a local contractor, began the core, and his son, architect Raymond Viner Hall, designed the 1938 card room, which served as his office, and the second-floor apartment completed in 1944. The building has a flat roof, wide overhanging eaves, steel-frame windows, and cantilevered decks, and its interior holds original built-in furniture, cork floors, and a stone pool fed by a spring. The nomination treats it as an unusually complete example of Wright-influenced modernism in Pennsylvania, shaped by the Halls' contact with Wright's Fallingwater project. The restaurant operated locally from 1938 into the early 1950s.","period_of_significance":"c.1935-1944","architect_builder":"Hall, Walter J. and Hall, Raymond Viner","architectural_style":"Modern Movement; Wrightian","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 17:10:27.068877-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/07000033.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000033/591c2f5708-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000033/591c2f5708-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lynn_Hall_Apr_10.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lynn_Hall_Apr_10.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996268","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15243201"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/mckean-county/lynn-hall-07000033/"}