{"nrhp_refnum":"74001766","name":"Packer, Harry, Mansion","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Packer Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Jim Thorpe","county":"Carbon County","state":"PA","lat":40.864807520000056,"lon":-75.73768739199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-11-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and one-half story red brick Italianate mansion in Jim Thorpe (then Mauch Chunk), Carbon County, Pennsylvania, built in 1874 for Harry Packer, son of railroad figure Asa Packer.","why_significant":"The mansion is argued to reflect the wealth of the Packer family and the town's past as a prosperous commercial and transport center and vacation haven for the wealthy. It is described as a fine example of Victorian architecture adapted in a vernacular style, with a strongly Italian Renaissance character, an unusual and outstanding castiron cornice, and an interior, particularly the library, of excellent work.","narrative":"Built in 1874 in red brick and green Vermont sandstone, the Harry Packer mansion stands in Mauch Chunk, now Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, on its original site. It is a two and one-half story house with four bays across, Italianate windows set in heavy castiron dripstones, and a veranda whose semi-circular arches rest on Corinthian columns. A two-story three-sided bay projects on the left of the facade, and a mansard roof carries hooded dormers. The castiron cornice, with its arch motif, medallions and dentils, is singled out as unusual. A bell tower rises from the side extension, though it is purely ornamental and contains no bell. The seventeen-room interior has English tile floors, a library with carved mahogany woodwork in Gothic Victorian style, and leaded stained glass. The house was built for Harry Packer, son of Asa Packer, and recalls the years when the town's wealthy families made it a commercial and transport center and a summer retreat.","period_of_significance":"1874","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate, Victorian vernacular adaptation","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Original site; exterior unaltered; interior woodwork remains except the dining room; original furniture removed in 1912; condition rated excellent.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.706752-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/74001766.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001766/e5bd20935c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001766/e5bd20935c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"KForce","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HarryPackerMansion.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">KForce</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:HarryPackerMansion.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"77001134","name":"Old Mauch Chunk Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/old-mauch-chunk-historic-district-77001134/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995970","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Packer_Mansion","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5671437"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/carbon-county/packer-harry-mansion-74001766/"}