{"nrhp_refnum":"72001169","name":"Randolph House","other_names":["Laurel Hill","See Also:Fairmount Park"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"East Fairmount Park","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.99150416300006,"lon":-75.19488512699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-03-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story brick Georgian country house with a pedimented center pavilion, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is owned by the Fairmount Park Commission and used to house park employees.","why_significant":"The house is described as an architectural gem of its period and a fine example of the Philadelphia country house. It has fine paneling and mantels in several rooms, and its original fabric is said to be virtually intact. Its early owners included Philadelphia figures, among them Samuel Shoemaker, a former mayor of Philadelphia.","narrative":"Built as a brick country house in Philadelphia, the Randolph House is a two-and-a-half-story Georgian building with a pedimented center pavilion and entrance doors on both its land and river sides. Its central section dates from about 1760, with a one-story west wing added in the late eighteenth century and an octagonal drawing room wing on the east end built in the nineteenth century. The house was owned by Joseph Shute and then bought in 1760 by Francis Rawle of Philadelphia, who died in a shooting accident while fowling along the Delaware in 1761. His widow later married Samuel Shoemaker, a former mayor of Philadelphia. Several rooms retain fine paneling and mantels. The Fairmount Park Commission now owns the house, which is used to house park employees. Its original fabric is described as virtually intact despite added modern fittings.","period_of_significance":"c. 1750","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Altered; used to house park employees; modern appurtenances added; well preserved.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.252076-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/72001169.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001169/4a25363b0a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001169/4a25363b0a-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Randolph_House_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Randolph_House_Philly.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"72001151","name":"Fairmount Park","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/fairmount-park-72001151/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996960","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurel_Hill_Mansion","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7291839"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/randolph-house-72001169/"}