{"nrhp_refnum":"12000224","name":"Parkhurst Memorial Presbyterian Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"302 W. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Elkland","county":"Tioga County","state":"PA","lat":41.98898698700003,"lon":-77.31633245499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-04-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Late Victorian Presbyterian church with brownstone trim at 2 West Main Street area of Elkland borough, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, built in 1889 along West Main Street (SR 49) in a residential area west of downtown.","why_significant":"The building is regarded as an important local example of a late nineteenth-century religious building combining Queen Anne, Gothic and Richardsonian Romanesque influences. It was designed by the regional firm Pierce and Dockstader of Elmira, New York, and is listed for its architectural merit. The document describes it as a landmark in Elkland and an unusually masonry-built church for a community of its size in Tioga County.","narrative":"Brick church on West Main Street in Elkland, a small borough in northern Tioga County, completed in 1889 by the Elmira, New York firm Pierce and Dockstader. The 2½-story building has brownstone trim, patterned brickwork, stained glass windows and a prominent square entrance tower with a slate-shingled spire. Its sanctuary extends east from the main block, giving the building an L-shaped plan. The church was commissioned by the children of businessman Joel Parkhurst as a memorial to their father, who had died in 1884. Its masonry construction and mix of Queen Anne, Gothic and Richardsonian Romanesque features set it apart from the frame churches common in the region. The interior plan, with folding doors linking the sanctuary to classroom and social spaces, reflects the Akron Plan for Sunday School design. The building is regarded as a landmark in Elkland.","period_of_significance":"1889","architect_builder":"Pierce and Dockstader","architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Romanesque","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 17:10:27.231042-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/12000224.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000224/b005cf8ae6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000224/b005cf8ae6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Gerry Dincher","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parkhurst_Presbyterian,_Elkland_Pennsylvania.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Gerry Dincher</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parkhurst_Presbyterian,_Elkland_Pennsylvania.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995443","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkhurst_Memorial_Presbyterian_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7138511"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/tioga-county/parkhurst-memorial-presbyterian-church-12000224/"}