{"nrhp_refnum":"11000107","name":"Glenmoore Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"At the jct of Fairview and Creek Rds, roughly bounded by Park Ln, Indiantown Rd, and Howson Ln","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wallace","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":40.091626841500045,"lon":-75.77608783424705,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-03-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Glenmoore is a rural village and historic district in Wallace Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, with 63 resources, 57 of them contributing. It grew from a rural market village around a mill into a railroad-oriented village after the East Brandywine and Waynesburg Railroad opened in 1861.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the village holds an important concentration of Late Victorian architecture, including Second Empire, Queen Anne and Gothic Revival buildings, that was built because of the railroad's influence on local prosperity. It is described as standing out in contrast to the surrounding rural countryside of northern Chester County.","narrative":"Glenmoore is a rural village in Wallace Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, that grew around a mill on Fairview Road and was reshaped after the East Brandywine and Waynesburg Railroad opened in 1861. The village's most stylish buildings were built between about 1865 and 1925, and most are two or two-and-a-half-story frame or brick houses and commercial buildings. The Alexander Rigg House and Store, built in 1871, is a three-story Second Empire building with a mansard roof and a cistern tower, and it originally held a general store, the family's living quarters, and an Odd Fellows meeting hall. The Glen Moore Methodist Church, built in 1873, anchors the southern end of the district. The village is listed for its concentration of Late Victorian architecture, which the nomination ties to the railroad's arrival and the prosperity that followed. Passenger service ended in 1930, and the district has changed little since then.","period_of_significance":"1861-1930","architect_builder":"Lammey, John; Kaempfer, William","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne; Late Victorian: Second Empire; Mid 19th Century: Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Passenger rail service ended in 1930 and freight operations ceased around 1955; earlier commercial buildings such as the Hotel and Depot and the Alexander Rigg Store were converted to residential use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:10:27.316689-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/11000107.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998495","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/glenmoore-historic-district-11000107/"}