{"nrhp_refnum":"13000745","name":"Eagles Mere Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by PA 42, Borough boundary, Loyalsock State Forest & Eagles Mere Golf Club","address_restricted":false,"city":"Eagles Mere Borough","county":"Sullivan County","state":"PA","lat":41.41824830050004,"lon":-76.57589620367872,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2013-09-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Conservation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Eagles Mere Historic District is a late nineteenth and early twentieth century resort community around Eagles Mere Lake in the Borough of Eagles Mere, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, in the Allegheny Mountains. It contains cottages, boat houses, commercial and civic buildings, churches, and a bathing beach.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is significant for its association with the late nineteenth and early twentieth century mountain and lake resort movement, and as an early example of a successful conservation effort protecting the lake and surrounding forest. It also argues the district's concentration of Shingle, Queen Anne, and Craftsman style resort architecture is significant in its own right.","narrative":"Set around a spring-fed lake at about 2,100 feet in the Allegheny Mountains, this resort community in the Borough of Eagles Mere grew from land sold by the Geyelin estate beginning in 1877. After a syndicate bought the lake and surrounding land in 1885, it promoted the area as a summer destination for families from Philadelphia, Williamsport, and Washington, D.C. Five large hotels operated here, and by 1919 they could accommodate more than 1,100 guests. Most surviving buildings are cottages in Shingle, Queen Anne, and Craftsman styles, many built in the 1880s and 1890s. Early restrictive covenants kept trees and construction within one hundred feet of the shore, and the lake and beach are still managed by the Eagles Mere Association, which descends from the syndicate. The district is regarded as one of the largest and best preserved turn-of-the-century resort communities in Pennsylvania.","period_of_significance":"1877-1945","architect_builder":"Little, Albert Charles, Little, Charles (Builders); Jones, A.B.; Brink, C.A. (Builder); Rankin & Kellogg","architectural_style":"Shingle Style; Queen Anne; Bungalow/Craftsman; Prairie School","criteria":["A","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 17:10:27.200043-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/96000718.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"96000718","name":"Eagles Mere Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/eagles-mere-historic-district-96000718/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":null,"wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/sullivan-county/eagles-mere-historic-district-boundary-increase-13000745/"}