{"nrhp_refnum":"66000667","name":"Powderly, Terence V., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"614 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Scranton","county":"Lackawanna County","state":"PA","lat":41.41837722200003,"lon":-75.67456803096215,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1966-10-15","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1966-05-23","areas_of_significance":["Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story clapboard house at 614 North Main Street in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, with a cross-gabled roof and a front porch. It was the home of labor leader Terence V. Powderly.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that Powderly dominated the American labor movement in the 1880s as Grand Master Workman of the Knights of Labor, and that his advocacy of arbitration shaped the union's approach. The house is significant as the place where he lived for many years, and the text notes it is little changed.","narrative":"A two-story clapboard house at 614 North Main Street in Scranton, Pennsylvania, is the former home of Terence Vincent Powderly, who lived there for many years. Painted olive-green, it has a cross-gabled roof, a front porch that once extended along both sides of the house, and an unusual glass ante-entrance over the front door. The ground floor retains its original layout, including a long living room with a high ceiling and a small parlor with a fireplace, and the woodwork is dark throughout. The kitchen has been modernized and the second floor converted to an apartment. Powderly was born in Carbondale in 1849, worked as a machinist, and rose to lead the Knights of Labor from 1879 until 1893. He championed arbitration over strikes, and his leadership is regarded as central to the labor movement of the 1880s. The house is significant for its association with his life and career.","period_of_significance":"1849-1924","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Maintained as a private residence; the second floor has been converted into an apartment.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.859452-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/66000667_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000667/6fc078a70c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000667/6fc078a70c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Terence_Powderly_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Terence_Powderly_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994407","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_V._Powderly_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7702021"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lackawanna-county/powderly-terence-v-house-66000667/"}