{"nrhp_refnum":"75001682","name":"Bobb, Barnett, House","other_names":["Old Log House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Rear of 157 West Market St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"York","county":"York County","state":"PA","lat":39.962048535000065,"lon":-76.73142131199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-10-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story dovetailed log dwelling in York, York County, Pennsylvania, restored and relocated several blocks from its original site on South Pershing Avenue. It is built of square logs with stone and mortar chinking.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is distinctive for its dovetailed corners, square logs, and unusually large two-story, four-room-and-hall plan compared with typical early log houses of the region. Its construction date is documented through land purchase and tax records, and it is linked to the Bobb family of York County.","narrative":"Built in 1811-1812 by Barnett Bobb, this two-story log dwelling in York is noted for its dovetailed corner construction, which contrasts with the more common notched corners of the period. Its square logs are chinked with stone and mortar and its interior and exterior walls were whitewashed. Unusually large for an early log house, it has four rooms and a hall on the first floor and a full second-floor attic, with vertical beaded board partitions and a single chimney serving a small fireplace in the living-dining area. Documentary evidence for the construction date includes Bobb's 1811 land purchase and 1812 tax assessment on a dwelling of this size. The house was converted to a two-family dwelling at an undetermined time and later housed families whose heads worked as farmers, tanners, and teamsters. Restoration in the 1970s relied on details uncovered when plaster and lath were removed, including the surviving window and partition-board ends.","period_of_significance":"1811-1812","architect_builder":"Barnett Bobb (builder)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored; moved from its original location on South Pershing Avenue to its present site because of planned enlargement of a nearby high school.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.132772-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/75001682.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001682/4cc0ff6c27-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001682/4cc0ff6c27-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barnett_Bobb_House_York_PA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barnett_Bobb_House_York_PA.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"79002371","name":"York Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/york-historic-district-79002371/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998840","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnett_Bobb_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4861625"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/york-county/bobb-barnett-house-75001682/"}