{"nrhp_refnum":"75001668","name":"Slifer House","other_names":["Administration Building-Evangelical Home"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of Lewisburg off U.S. 15 on SR 59024","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lewisburg","county":"Union County","state":"PA","lat":40.97600678800006,"lon":-76.88281681499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-06-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Eli Slifer House is a 2½-story brick Victorian country house on a low bluff overlooking the Susquehanna River near Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1861 as the centre of a 280-acre farm and orchard.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an excellent example of Victorian architecture, designed by Philadelphia architect Samuel Sloan and featured with plans and drawings in an 1862 edition of Godey's Lady's Book. It also associates the house with Eli Slifer, a merchant, manufacturer and state official who served as Secretary of the Commonwealth under Governor Curtin.","narrative":"Built in 1861 on a low bluff above the Susquehanna River near Lewisburg, the Eli Slifer House is a two-and-a-half-story brick Victorian country house. It was designed by the Philadelphia architect Samuel Sloan and has a large overhanging hip roof, prominent cross gables with carved molding and pendants, a wide porch with carved columns, and a four-story square tower at the rear. Slifer, a merchant and manufacturer, served in the state legislature and was elected State Treasurer in 1855 and 1859 before becoming Secretary of the Commonwealth under Governor Curtin in 1861. He built the house as the centre of a 280-acre farm and orchard. The house was later sold to the Evangelical Association in 1916, which used it as an old folks home and community hospital. It was listed for its architecture and its association with Slifer's public career, and it is regarded as an imposing example of its type.","period_of_significance":"1861","architect_builder":"Samuel Sloan (architect)","architectural_style":"Victorian country house","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Owned by Lewisburg United Methodist Homes and in good state of repair; the building is surrounded by modern structures of a geriatric facility.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:31.074225-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/75001668.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001668/a057523f5b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001668/a057523f5b-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Slifer_House_Union_Co_PA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Slifer_House_Union_Co_PA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996248","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slifer_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7540448"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/union-county/slifer-house-75001668/"}