{"nrhp_refnum":"73001396","name":"Pennsylvania House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1311 W. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Springfield","county":"Clark County","state":"OH","lat":39.925537201000054,"lon":-83.83258876899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-04-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Pennsylvania House is a Federal style three-story white brick inn and tavern at 1311 West Main Street, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, built around 1822 between the National Road and the Old Dayton-Springfield Pike.","why_significant":"It is presented as a typical Federal style inn that served travelers on the National Road, including pioneers, wagon men, stagecoach passengers and drovers. It is tied to Dr. Isaac K. Funk, who spent part of his childhood there, and its preservation was won through campaigns against demolition in 1910 and 1937.","narrative":"Built around 1822 in Springfield, Ohio, the Pennsylvania House is a three-story Federal style inn and tavern of white brick with a gabled roof, set between the National Road and the Old Dayton-Springfield Pike. Its walls are made of local clay brick on rubble stone foundations. The original T-shaped plan gained a matching west wing in the mid-1850s. Inside, a large central stairway, paneled storage walls, fireplaces and woodwork show fine craftsmanship. The inn served pioneers, wagon men, stagecoach traffic and drovers heading to Cincinnati, with drovers typically lodged in third-floor dormitory rooms. Dr. Isaac K. Funk, later a publisher, spent six childhood years there, and his letters helped prevent demolition in 1910. The inn closed in 1869 after the railroad drew traffic away from the National Road. After years of varied uses and disrepair, a local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution acquired it in 1937, repaired it and opened it as a museum. Further improvements were carried out in 1971.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (ca. 1822)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Operated as a museum filled with antiques and period pieces by the owning Daughters of the American Revolution chapter; fourteen of twenty-three rooms are on display. The form lists the status as both occupied and unoccupied, with a resident caretaker's apartment on the second floor of the west wing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.037296-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/73001396.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001396/2a2dc0bf7f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001396/2a2dc0bf7f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pennsylvania_House_in_Springfield.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pennsylvania_House_in_Springfield.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987102","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_House_(Springfield,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163762"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/clark-county/pennsylvania-house-73001396/"}