{"nrhp_refnum":"70000550","name":"Denison House","other_names":["Colonel Nathan Denison House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"35 Denison St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Forty Fort","county":"Luzerne County","state":"PA","lat":41.29938361000006,"lon":-75.86248960699999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-12-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-storey frame house with clapboard siding at 35 Denison Street in Forty Fort, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, built in 1790 by Colonel Nathan Denison. A later wing projects to the rear.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its association with Colonel Nathan Denison, a Revolutionary War soldier and early officer at the Battle of Wyoming. It is also considered a rare surviving example of an 18th-century New England framed house with a central chimney, which is uncommon in Pennsylvania.","narrative":"Built in 1790 by Colonel Nathan Denison, this two-and-a-half-storey frame house on Denison Street in Forty Fort follows the plan of 18th-century New England houses, with a single large square chimney at the centre and three bays across the front. Clapboard covers the frame, and the original timber structure of large primary timbers with smaller secondary members survives beneath it. A rear wing was added in the middle of the 19th century. Denison, a Revolutionary War soldier, was one of the first officers at the Battle of Wyoming and later signed the capitulation of the Wyoming patriot forces to the British after that battle. The house is valued because it resembles his Connecticut home and because central-chimney New England houses are very rare in Pennsylvania, where many German-style houses with circular chimneys survive instead. The interior has been restored to its state in 1850 or earlier.","period_of_significance":"1790","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"18th century New England type","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and open to the public, according to a 1978 letter in the file.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.918898-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/70000550.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000550/3225e751cd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000550/3225e751cd-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"John Jennings","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Denison_House,_Forty_Fort.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Jennings</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Denison_House,_Forty_Fort.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995608","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denison_House_(Forty_Fort,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5257815"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/luzerne-county/denison-house-70000550/"}