{"nrhp_refnum":"72001088","name":"Burtner Stone House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NW of Natrona Heights on Burtner Rd., Harrison Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Natrona Heights","county":"Allegheny County","state":"PA","lat":40.631528987000024,"lon":-79.73078602899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-01-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story stone house built into the side of a hill in Natrona Heights, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Its cornerstone was laid in 1818 and the house was completed in July 1821 for Philip Burtner.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the earliest large houses in western Pennsylvania and a good example of early nineteenth-century stone construction. It also served as a local meeting place, tax office and voting center, and the nomination points to its association with prominent figures in the county's development.","narrative":"Built of native stone in the Allegheny County hills near Natrona Heights, the Burtner Stone House was begun in 1818 and completed in July 1821 for Philip Burtner, who had moved into the area when land was first opened for settlement in 1800. The three-story house has walls thirty inches thick at the base, gable-end chimneys and a stone bond at the corners using large decorated cornerstones. A date-stone in each gable bears the completion date, and the builder's initials are cut into a stone beside the front door. Its size and simplicity make it notable among surviving early buildings in the county. The house also served as a meeting place for early settlers of Old Deer Township, a tax office, and the township's voting center until 1864. Its listing is based on its early date, its construction and its local role, and it was valued by residents who sought its preservation from a proposed highway project.","period_of_significance":"1800-1864","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The form marks the condition as fair and the house as altered, with the veranda and surroundings noted as detracting from integrity.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.617087-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/72001088.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001088/3e71e00796-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001088/3e71e00796-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Lee Paxton","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BurtnerStoneHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Lee Paxton</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BurtnerStoneHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996673","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burtner_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5000757"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/allegheny-county/burtner-stone-house-72001088/"}