{"nrhp_refnum":"07001080","name":"Connely-Holeman House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"317 Chestnut St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pleasantville Borough","county":"Venango County","state":"PA","lat":41.59483766300008,"lon":-79.59680838099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-10-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large three-story Second Empire residence at 317 Chestnut Street in Pleasantville Borough, Venango County, Pennsylvania, built between 1869 and 1871 on a stone foundation.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is the only large-scale Second Empire residence in Pleasantville and an outstanding example of the style, with its mansard roof, iron cresting, tall windows and porches. It is described as largely unaltered apart from an 1887 rear kitchen addition, and its interior retains original plaster, walnut millwork and ceiling medallions. Its construction is tied to the oil boom of the late 1860s.","narrative":"Built between 1869 and 1871 on Chestnut Street in Pleasantville, this three-story house is a large Second Empire residence with a mansard roof, wrought iron cresting around the third level, and a stone foundation. Its east façade carries a walnut-paneled double door under a fanlight, tripartite bay window and porches on Corinthian columns. James L. Connely, a local banker and associate county judge, commissioned it during the oil boom that followed the 1865 discovery of oil nearby. The house is regarded as the only large-scale Second Empire residence in the borough. Its 1887 rear kitchen addition is the principal alteration, and the interior keeps original plaster, solid black walnut millwork and foliated ceiling medallions. Ashbel Holeman, a merchant who later owned it, rebuilt downtown after an 1872 fire. The house is also significant for its architecture, which the nomination describes as an outstanding example of the style in the region.","period_of_significance":"1869-1887","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Second Empire","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as a primary residence since 1974 after a period of summer use; the second parlor is used as a home gym.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:10:27.2843-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/07001080.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07001080/2f74a9af24-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07001080/2f74a9af24-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Connely-Holeman_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Connely-Holeman_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997828","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connely-Holeman_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5161759"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/venango-county/connely-holeman-house-07001080/"}