{"nrhp_refnum":"73001591","name":"Fisher, Henry, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"About 1.25 mi. N of Yellow House on PA 662, Oley Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Yellow House","county":"Berks County","state":"PA","lat":40.34106364500008,"lon":-75.76079614899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-06-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A limestone Georgian-style house in Berks County, Pennsylvania, two and a half stories high with a steep gable roof, built for Henry and Susanna Fisher and finished in 1801.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a fine example of the late Georgian style with some Federal features, with strict symmetrical design and woodwork that may have been copied from a standard building book. Its interior woodwork and plastered walls set it above the usual country Georgian house. It is described as a well preserved, little modified example of the elegant houses of southeastern Pennsylvania in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.","narrative":"Built of limestone and finished in 1801, the Fisher house in Berks County, Pennsylvania, is a two-and-a-half-story dwelling with a steep gable roof, brick chimneys on each gable end, and two gable dormers with semicircular windows. Henry and Susanna Fisher commissioned it, and carpenter Gottlieb Drexel built it at a cost of $6,000, taking about three years. The five-bay facade has dressed ashlar masonry, a recessed panel doorway with a fanlight, and a pent eave with tapered brackets. Its symmetrical plan and carved stairway reflect the Georgian style, with some Federal features. Interior fireplaces have marble mantels, and the walls and ceilings are plastered with wainscoting and chair rails. Its woodwork is regarded as copied from a standard building book, placing the house above the usual country Georgian type. The house has remained in the Fisher family through successive generations, and it is considered a well preserved, little altered example of elegant southeastern Pennsylvania houses of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.","period_of_significance":"1801","architect_builder":"Gottlieb Drexel (carpenter)","architectural_style":"Late Georgian with some Federal features","criteria":[],"status_note":"Continuously occupied by successive generations of the Fisher family since completion; original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.35339-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/73001591.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001591/b8cfed0884-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001591/b8cfed0884-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fisher_House_Oley_Twp_BerksCo_PA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fisher_House_Oley_Twp_BerksCo_PA.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"83002218","name":"Oley Township Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/oley-township-historic-district-83002218/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998834","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Fisher_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5721245"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/berks-county/fisher-henry-house-73001591/"}