{"nrhp_refnum":"72001113","name":"Heisey House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"362 E. Water St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lock Haven","county":"Clinton County","state":"PA","lat":41.13758272800004,"lon":-77.43964868199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-03-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and one-half story brick dwelling in Lock Haven, Clinton County, Pennsylvania, built in 1833 and now operated as a museum by the Clinton County Historical Society.","why_significant":"The nomination states that the house was the first brick dwelling built in Lock Haven and is a characteristic nineteenth-century Gingerbread Age house with Gothic Revival trim. Its early use as a tavern and inn, its association with Lock Haven's founder Jeremiah Church, and its interior, which is substantially unaltered and furnished with early and mid-nineteenth century furniture, are also cited.","narrative":"Built of brick in 1833 in Lock Haven, Clinton County, the two and one-half story Heisey House was later covered in stucco to give it a grey appearance. Its five-bay facade has a portico along the full front, twin A-frame gables with Gothic Revival gingerbread trim, and 2-over-2 sash windows with shutters. The porch, gables and a side bay were added between 1870 and 1875. It is regarded as the first brick dwelling built in Lock Haven, with bricks carried into the lumbering area by canal boat. In its early years it operated as a tavern and inn, where Jeremiah Church, the town's founder, boarded for a time. The tavern was run by Roger Devling (Develin) and his son John, who had emigrated from Ireland. The Heisey family owned the house from 1875 to 1960. The Clinton County Historical Society then took it over, and its Victorian-era interior, which remains substantially unaltered, now holds early and mid-nineteenth century furniture for public visits.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gingerbread Age; Gothic Revival trim; Victorian interior","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as headquarters for the Clinton County Historical Society and as a museum open to the public.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.363065-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/72001113.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001113/db8a571b33-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001113/db8a571b33-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Ruhrfisch (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Heisey_House_in_Lock_Haven,_Pennsylvania.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ruhrfisch (talk)</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:Heisey_House_in_Lock_Haven,_Pennsylvania.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"73001618","name":"Water Street District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/water-street-district-73001618/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996298","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisey_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5701050"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/clinton-county/heisey-house-72001113/"}