{"nrhp_refnum":"75001650","name":"Zeller, Heinrich, House","other_names":["Fort Zeller"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W of Newmanstown off SR 419","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newmanstown","county":"Lebanon County","state":"PA","lat":40.349143868000056,"lon":-76.22543354099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-05-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one and one-half story stone house built into a bank over an everflowing spring near Newmanstown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, constructed by Heinrich Zeller in the 1740s.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be a transplant of Alsatian architecture into America, with stucco-covered limestone walls, sandstone-framed windows, and chamfered herringbone doors. Its architecture is regarded as largely unaltered and as evidence of European building tradition persisting among the original settlers. Local legends about its construction and defense are noted but not documented.","narrative":"Built into a bank over an everflowing spring near Newmanstown in Lebanon County, this one and one-half story stone house was constructed about 1745 by Heinrich Zeller, a Huguenot who had come from Alsace by way of Holland, England and New York. Its walls are stucco-covered limestone about two and a half feet thick, and a stream from the spring still flows through an arch beneath the basement entrance. Tunnel-like windows framed in sandstone, a carved main doorway with an armorial keystone, and herringbone-pegged doors reflect building traditions brought from Europe. The interior is simple, with a freestanding fireplace twelve feet wide and wattle and daub walls that survived an early twentieth-century fire. It is regarded as a transplant of Alsatian architecture and evidence of European tradition persisting among early settlers. The property is well maintained and operated as a small museum.","period_of_significance":"c. 1745","architect_builder":"Heinrich Zeller (builder)","architectural_style":"Alsatian/Swiss","criteria":[],"status_note":"Well maintained and operated as a small museum","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.928032-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/75001650.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001650/37f9675601-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001650/37f9675601-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FT._ZELLER,_LEBANON_COUNTY,_PA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FT._ZELLER,_LEBANON_COUNTY,_PA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996739","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Zeller_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5700440"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lebanon-county/zeller-heinrich-house-75001650/"}