{"nrhp_refnum":"74001733","name":"Neville House","other_names":["Woodville"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Heidelberg on PA 50","address_restricted":false,"city":"Heidelberg","county":"Allegheny County","state":"PA","lat":40.37975733950006,"lon":-80.09651867102531,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-02-05","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1978-06-02","areas_of_significance":["Military","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A frame, one and a half story house in Collier Township (Heidelberg area), Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, on Route 50 (Washington Pike), built in 1785 by Virginian John Neville. It is basically a Virginian colonial style house, with later additions.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant because of its builder, General John Neville, and because it is an excellent example of a Virginian architectural style in western Pennsylvania. It is described as one of the few remaining eighteenth century houses in Allegheny County and has an interior with good late eighteenth century woodwork.","narrative":"Built in 1785 by John Neville, a Virginian who had moved to western Pennsylvania in the early 1770s, this frame, one and a half story house is a Virginian colonial dwelling set in the Heidelberg area of Allegheny County. Its entrance hall divides the plan, with a large living room on one side and rooms of irregular shape on the other, reflecting later additions. A verandah with trellis post and beam panels wraps the front, one side and the rear, and the interior retains good late eighteenth century woodwork. Neville served at Fort Pitt and was present at major Revolutionary battles, and he later held state offices in Pennsylvania. Because the house is one of few surviving eighteenth century dwellings in Allegheny County and is tied to an important family, it is regarded as worth preserving. A highway has been encroaching on the land in front of it.","period_of_significance":"1785","architect_builder":"John Neville (builder)","architectural_style":"Virginian colonial","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Restoration project funded in 1976-1977 for grading, woodwork, painting, roof repair and historical research; the document notes a highway encroaching on the land in front of the house.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.271322-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/74001733.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001733/2fd6dfe030-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001733/2fd6dfe030-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodville_plantation_house,_Heidelberg,_PA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Woodville_plantation_house,_Heidelberg,_PA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995861","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodville_(Heidelberg,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8033519"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/allegheny-county/neville-house-74001733/"}