{"nrhp_refnum":"07000466","name":"Wright, Enoch, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"815 Venetia Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Peters Township","county":"Washington County","state":"PA","lat":40.24989834000007,"lon":-80.02873065499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-05-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story brick farmhouse with a center-hall plan and symmetrical one-and-a-half-story wings, located at 815 Venetia Road in Peters Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. It is dated to c. 1815 and now serves as the home of the Peters Creek Historical Society.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a fine example of early 19th century vernacular architecture in western Pennsylvania, with Federal style influences in its woodwork and fireplaces. Its attached, symmetrical wings with no interior access to the half-story rooms above are described as unusual and distinctive, and the house is regarded as largely unaltered since construction.","narrative":"Built around 1815 for the Enoch Wright family, this two-and-a-half-story brick farmhouse near Venetia in southwestern Washington County has a center-hall plan, a five-bay central block and one-and-a-half-story symmetrical brick wings on the east and west sides. The wings are one room deep, original to the house, and each contains a large open-hearth fireplace, while the upper half-story rooms above them can only be reached from outside the main house. Interior woodwork, mantels and cast iron fireplace inserts survive, including incised reed motifs typical of western Pennsylvania around 1800. Enoch Wright was a landowner, justice of the peace and philanthropist who gave land and money for a nearby chapel in 1823. The house passed through his family and then to tenants until 1957, and the Peters Creek Historical Society acquired it in 1976. Its unusual wing arrangement, together with its well-preserved interior, is the basis for its listing.","period_of_significance":"c.1815","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular with Federal style influences","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Now the home of the Peters Creek Historical Society; the house is described as virtually unaltered apart from a rear bathroom addition, a replaced front porch, and a mid-20th century kitchen in one wing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:10:27.529436-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/07000466.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000466/113d04015b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000466/113d04015b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Generic1139","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Enoch_Wright_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Generic1139</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:Enoch_Wright_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996916","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_Wright_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5379344"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/washington-county/wright-enoch-house-07000466/"}