{"nrhp_refnum":"75001667","name":"Ford, James, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Cowanesque St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lawrenceville","county":"Tioga County","state":"PA","lat":41.99624557000004,"lon":-77.12859186599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-12-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half story brick house in Lawrenceville, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, built in 1831 by Stephan Potter for James Ford's son Charles.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an excellent example of later Federal architecture on the frontier, with its original section well preserved despite slight alterations. It also cites its historical connection to James Ford, a merchant, lumberman, state legislator and congressman who founded the town's business base and helped establish the local newspaper and academy.","narrative":"Built in 1831 by Stephan Potter, this two-and-a-half story brick house in Lawrenceville stands on land tied to the town's early growth. James Ford had it constructed for his son Charles. The original section has a long hall, two main rooms on the first floor, three bedrooms above and an attic, with six-over-six sash windows, a full-width porch with fluted Ionic columns, and a semi-elliptical entrance with a fan light. The rear kitchen wing was raised to two stories and extended in 1920, when the wall between the sections was removed. Ford bought land on the Cowanesque River in 1816, opened a store in the town he named Lawrence, and built a lumber mill, a flour mill and a hotel and business block. He also served in the State Legislature and in Congress, and helped start the first local newspaper in 1840 and the Lawrenceville Academy in 1848. The house is valued for its architecture and for its link to Ford and his family.","period_of_significance":"1831","architect_builder":"Stephan Potter (builder)","architectural_style":"Later Federal","criteria":[],"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 17:11:30.995601-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/75001667.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001667/cab2ece570-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001667/cab2ece570-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Ford_House_Oct_09.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Ford_House_Oct_09.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996195","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ford_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6134066"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/tioga-county/ford-james-house-75001667/"}