{"nrhp_refnum":"73001668","name":"Bradford, David, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"175 S. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Washington","county":"Washington County","state":"PA","lat":40.168143217500045,"lon":-80.24528010218046,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-07-16","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1983-07-28","areas_of_significance":["Military","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and a half story stone house with a smaller two and a half story stone kitchen addition to the rear, located in Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1788 for David Bradford, a lawyer and politician.","why_significant":"The house is significant for its interiors, which the nomination describes as particularly fine and the best furnished in the area at the time, and for its association with David Bradford's leading role in the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794. The nomination also cites the architectural character of the stonework, staircase, and mantels.","narrative":"Built in Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1788, the David Bradford House is a two and a half story coursed-stone dwelling with a rubble-stone kitchen wing at the rear. Its front has segmental-arched windows and a door with keystones, and the interior holds a handsome staircase with turned balusters, wainscoting, and elaborate wood and marble mantels. Bradford, a lawyer who arrived in Washington County in 1781 and became deputy attorney general there, grew wealthy from his practice and trading interests. The house was regarded as the best furnished in the area. Bradford was a leading voice in the protests against the federal excise tax on whiskey and served as the county's delegate at the Pittsburgh conferences of 1791 and 1792. In 1794 he took part in the militia uprising that marched on Pittsburgh, and the nomination is relevant to the Whiskey Rebellion, the armed resistance to the tax in western Pennsylvania.","period_of_significance":"1788","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.69443-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/73001668.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001668/c56ccbdedb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001668/c56ccbdedb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Midnightdreary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DavidBradfordHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Midnightdreary</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:DavidBradfordHouse.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100005206","name":"Washington Commercial Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/washington-commercial-historic-district-100005206/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998542","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bradford_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5231651"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/washington-county/bradford-david-house-73001668/"}