{"nrhp_refnum":"75001644","name":"White Chimneys","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1 mi. NW of Gap on U.S. 30","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gap","county":"Lancaster County","state":"PA","lat":39.995370465000065,"lon":-76.03975195199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-04-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"White Chimneys is a two-and-one-half story, five-bay limestone structure with stucco finish, built in four sections along the former Lancaster-Philadelphia Turnpike in Gap, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The original section, built around 1720 to serve as a tavern, is now the kitchen.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is distinctive for its architecture, as a fine example of a Southeast Pennsylvania building type with a symmetrical Georgian front and additions made in stages as successive owners grew wealthier. It also cites its occupation since the late eighteenth century by several generations of a prominent Lancaster family, and visits by notable guests including the Marquis de Lafayette.","narrative":"Built in several stages beginning around 1720 as a tavern on the Lancaster-Philadelphia Turnpike in Gap, Lancaster County, White Chimneys is a two-and-one-half story limestone building with a stuccoed finish. The original tavern section now serves as the kitchen. Amos Slaymaker added a two-room section in 1790 and a large Federal-style addition in 1807 facing the turnpike, and S. R. Slaymaker built a west wing in 1923 with a first-floor ballroom and a second-floor hall leading to two bedrooms and a bath. The front displays a five-bay symmetrical Georgian arrangement with Federal dormers, nine-over-six windows with shutters, and a porch along the full front elevation. Interior features include fluted columns and garland-decorated mantelpieces in Classic Revival and Federal styles. The building is valued as a representative Southeast Pennsylvania type and for its long occupation by the Slaymaker family, whose visitors included the Marquis de Lafayette on his way to Lancaster.","period_of_significance":"18th Century to 20th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal; Classic Revival; Georgian","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 17:11:28.836119-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/75001644.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001644/2ee8f0e7f0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001644/2ee8f0e7f0-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White_Chimneys.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White_Chimneys.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995635","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Chimneys","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7994526"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lancaster-county/white-chimneys-75001644/"}