{"nrhp_refnum":"74001795","name":"Knurr Log House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Meng Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Delphi","county":"Montgomery County","state":"PA","lat":40.26749045750006,"lon":-75.47739367679233,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-11-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A mid-18th century, one and one-half story Germanic log house with a gabled roof, located on a farmstead on the slopes of Mine Hill in Delphi, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It sits within a 50-acre tract with outbuildings including a mid-19th century bank barn.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an excellent example of a Germanic log house, retaining basic features such as the central chimney, three-room plan, steep gable roof and low doors. It also argues the farm, worked by the Knurr family for over 150 years with largely unmechanized methods, typifies a folk way of life worth preserving.","narrative":"Built as a Germanic log house in the mid-18th century, the Knurr Log House is a one and one-half story gabled structure with a three-room ground floor: a central fireplace in the kitchen, a long narrow sleeping room, and a larger sitting room that once held a stove. A panelled staircase with a beaded door leads to the upper living quarters, where the plank-panelled rooms remain largely intact. The house has never had running water; its water has come from a well in the front yard. Exterior changes include added windows, a reconstructed gable end, shingling, a tin roof over the original hand-split oak shingles, and a brick chimney. It stands among outbuildings including a mid-19th century Pennsylvania bank barn and a traditional German kitchen garden of four raised beds. The farm, worked by the Knurr family for more than 150 years on poor soil, is regarded as a well-preserved example of early settler life in the region and retains the appearance of a 19th century farm.","period_of_significance":"c. 1750","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Germanic log structure","criteria":[],"status_note":"Fair condition, altered on the exterior with added windows, a reconstructed gable end, shingling and a tin roof over the original shingles; interior panelled stairway and upstairs rooms remain intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.738288-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/74001795.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001795/4cdf6499b4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001795/4cdf6499b4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Shuvaev","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Knurr_Log_House_01.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Shuvaev</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:Knurr_Log_House_01.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995224","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knurr_Log_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6423839"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/montgomery-county/knurr-log-house-74001795/"}