{"nrhp_refnum":"71000685","name":"Summerseat","other_names":["George Clymer House","Thomas Barclay House","Summerseat School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Clymer St. and Morris Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Morrisville","county":"Bucks County","state":"PA","lat":40.208156717000065,"lon":-74.77961737399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-07-17","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1971-07-17","areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick and stone Georgian house over an elevated basement in Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, built in the 1770s for Philadelphia merchant Thomas Barclay.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its association with George Clymer, a Signer of the Declaration of Independence for Pennsylvania, who acquired it in 1806 and lived there until his death in 1813. The house is also cited as an example of Georgian architecture with original walls, floor and some woodwork.","narrative":"Summerseat is a two-story brick and stone Georgian house in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, built over an elevated basement in the 1770s for Thomas Barclay, a Philadelphia merchant. The five-bay house has gauged brick arches, shuttered windows, and a central hall running through to the rear, with a fireplace in each of its four rooms on each floor. It was acquired in 1806 by George Clymer, a Pennsylvania Signer of the Declaration of Independence, who had served three terms in the Continental Congress and later sat in the first United States Congress. Clymer lived here until his death in 1813, and the house is regarded as the best surviving link to his later life. The house was restored in 1931 and adapted as a school administrative building in 1935. Its walls, floors and some woodwork are described as original, and it remains in educational use today.","period_of_significance":"1806-1813","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored in 1931 and renovated for use as a school administrative building in 1935; the document states it is in good condition and still used for educational purposes.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.416565-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/71000685_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000685/6f28e003e9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000685/6f28e003e9-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Summerseat,_Clymer_Street_%26_Morris_Avenue_(Morrisville_Borough),_Morrisville_(Bucks_County,_Pennsylvania).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Summerseat,_Clymer_Street_%26_Morris_Avenue_(Morrisville_Borough),_Morrisville_(Bucks_County,_Pennsylvania).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994249","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerseat_(Morrisville,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7637659"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/bucks-county/summerseat-71000685/"}