{"nrhp_refnum":"07000890","name":"Dick Building","other_names":["Cornerstone Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"201-203 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Newton","county":"Westmoreland County","state":"PA","lat":40.20989300000008,"lon":-79.76696299999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-08-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story commercial and apartment building at the northeast corner of East Main and Second Streets in downtown West Newton, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, with a datestone of 1890 and an addition built between 1910 and 1925.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a locally significant example of the Richardsonian Romanesque style, built at the height of the style's popularity in southwestern Pennsylvania. It is described as the only example of the style in West Newton and the most prominent commercial building on Main Street. Its rough stone façades and corner turret are cited as the main features supporting this.","narrative":"Rough-faced stone fronts on Main and Second Streets, and a semicircular corner turret with a conical roof, give this three-story commercial and apartment building in downtown West Newton its character. Built in 1890 for banker Mungo M. Dick, according to a datestone, it originally held shops in the basement, a bank on the first floor and apartments above. An eastern section, added between 1910 and 1925 on the site of a former post office building, extended the structure. The nomination treats it as a locally significant example of the Richardsonian Romanesque style, which peaked in southwestern Pennsylvania around 1890 following Henry Hobson Richardson's Allegheny County Courthouse in Pittsburgh. Its massive stonework, arched openings and turret are cited as its main claims. Among the few three-story commercial buildings in the town, it is described as the largest and most elaborate commercial building on West Newton's Main Street. The architect is not known.","period_of_significance":"1890-1925","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian / Romanesque (Richardsonian Romanesque)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as intact and in good condition, with the basement housing an antiques store, the first floor an insurance office, and the upper floors apartments.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:10:27.447522-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/07000890.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000890/0951a82179-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000890/0951a82179-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Canadian2006","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dick_Building_Cornerstone_Building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian2006</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:Dick_Building_Cornerstone_Building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998692","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5272723"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/westmoreland-county/dick-building-07000890/"}