{"nrhp_refnum":"76001622","name":"Michener, Nathan, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W of Bucktown on Ridge Rd., South Coventry Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bucktown","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":40.173847737000074,"lon":-75.67471976699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-04-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Health/Medicine","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½ story fieldstone house in Bucktown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, built in the early 19th century with a gabled roof and end chimneys. The house is listed as a building.","why_significant":"The house is significant for its association with Dr. Nathan Michener, a Chester County physician who bought the property in 1813 and was also an astronomer, almanac compiler and Justice of the Peace. Architecturally, it is regarded as representing local fieldstone design tradition while showing the beginning of the transition to the Greek Revival style. Its interior woodwork and open stairway are described as unusually sophisticated for farm houses in the area.","narrative":"Built of random fieldstone in the early 19th century near Bucktown in Chester County, Pennsylvania, this 2½ story house has a gabled roof, end chimneys and heavy boxed cornices. Its four-bay front and rear and two-bay gable ends follow local building traditions, though the house also marks the start of the shift toward Greek Revival design. The main entrance was moved to the west facade, and a fieldstone sunporch was added on the east side. Much of the interior woodwork survives, and the open stairway, with its curving wall lined with carved reed wood, is noted as unusually refined for a farmhouse in the area. The house is associated with Dr. Nathan Michener, who bought the property in 1813. He trained in medicine under Dr. Benjamin Rush, published in national medical journals, became a noted astronomer, compiled an almanac, and served as Justice of the Peace for Chester County for 28 years.","period_of_significance":"c. 1813","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Transitional toward Greek Revival; local fieldstone tradition","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Altered: the front entrance was moved to the west facade and a fieldstone sunporch was added to the east elevation, with a side porch on the south elevation later enclosed.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.191309-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/76001622.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001622/b7a2ef41e8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001622/b7a2ef41e8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NATHAN_MICHENER_HOUSE.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NATHAN_MICHENER_HOUSE.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994837","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Michener_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15261092"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/michener-nathan-house-76001622/"}