{"nrhp_refnum":"74001808","name":"Derrow, Margaret, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Claysville","county":"Washington County","state":"PA","lat":40.11575612900003,"lon":-80.41622620299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-11-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A house in Claysville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, built around 1855, of the Gothic cottage type. It is a modest mid-century dwelling.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of very few domestic Gothic Revival buildings in Washington County, where the style was largely confined to churches. It follows the Gothic cottage designs of Alexander Jackson Davis, which reflect picturesque ideas of asymmetrical form and varied texture. The nomination states that a well-preserved example is important for the county's architectural continuity.","narrative":"A mid-century working-class dwelling in Claysville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, the Derrow house dates from about 1855 and follows the Gothic cottage form. The style was rare in domestic building in the county, where Gothic Revival work was mostly confined to churches and other ecclesiastical structures, so the house stands out among local buildings of its period. Its design draws on the Gothic cottage patterns developed by Alexander Jackson Davis, which applied picturesque theory: an irregular, asymmetrical arrangement of forms and a variety of surface texture. The house is regarded as an important architectural survival in Washington County. Because few Gothic buildings of any kind remain in the county, its good state of preservation gives it value for understanding the area's architectural history. Its modest scale also represents the typical housing of working families at the time.","period_of_significance":"c. 1855","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic Revival (Gothic cottage)","criteria":["C"],"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 17:11:29.72778-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/74001808.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001808/7b2465ae28-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001808/7b2465ae28-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Margaret_Derrow_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Margaret_Derrow_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995057","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Derrow_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6759345"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/washington-county/derrow-margaret-house-74001808/"}