{"nrhp_refnum":"73001583","name":"Fairfield Inn","other_names":["The Mansion House","Fairfield Hotel"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fairfield","county":"Adams County","state":"PA","lat":39.78250780700006,"lon":-77.36318201199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-04-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of five connected sections forming the Fairfield Inn in Fairfield, Adams County, Pennsylvania, with sections built from 1757 onward. It operated as an inn and tavern on the old York-Hagerstown Pike.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is architecturally significant as an example of a complex of five distinct sections built at various times, with fine woodwork, chair rail, cupboards and mantels. It also cites its associations with the Miller family, a Federalist state senator and Revolutionary War captain, the Maria Furnace Iron Works, Civil War occupation by Confederate officers, and a claimed Underground Railroad link.","narrative":"Fairfield Inn is a complex of five connected sections in Fairfield, Adams County, Pennsylvania, beginning with a stone farmhouse built in 1757 and followed by a stone gable house completed in 1801 and a larger stone and log section added in the late 18th century. A third-storey-tall stone wing dated to 1823 was built onto the western side, and a two-storey brick-and-timber hyphen connects the early sections. The 1823 wing was opened as the James Wilson Tavern, a stagecoach stop on the old York-Hagerstown Pike, and the building operated as an inn until recently. Its interior retains fine woodwork, including chair rail, mantels and cupboards, and the structure is valued for showing how a building grew across more than six decades. The property descends from John Miller, who acquired the land in 1755. His son, Squire William Miller, laid out the town that became Fairfield in 1801. The site was occupied by Confederate officers during the Gettysburg campaign.","period_of_significance":"1757, 1801, 1823","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["C"],"status_note":"In the process of being restored and will once again operate as an Inn.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.45428-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/73001583.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001583/ada1d50788-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001583/ada1d50788-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Acroterion","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fairfield_Inn_Fairfield_PA1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Acroterion</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:Fairfield_Inn_Fairfield_PA1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995571","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairfield_Inn_(Fairfield,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5430313"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/adams-county/fairfield-inn-73001583/"}