{"nrhp_refnum":"76001634","name":"Cameron, Simon, House and Bank","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"28 and 30 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Middletown","county":"Dauphin County","state":"PA","lat":40.19980611200003,"lon":-76.73052782299999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½ story brick residence at 30 East Main Street and an adjoining 2½ story coursed rubble stone building at 28 East Main Street, both in Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The house was built by Simon Cameron in 1833 and the bank building was earlier, probably 1800-1810, and served as the Bank of Middletown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the pair is a well preserved early nineteenth century example of a home and financial institution sharing a common wall and doorways. It links the property to Simon Cameron, a politician and banker who served as Secretary of War under Lincoln and as a U.S. senator, and to his son J. Donald Cameron, born in the house, who later served as Secretary of War under Grant and as a senator.","narrative":"Two adjoining brick and stone buildings on East Main Street in Middletown, Pennsylvania, form a pair dating from the early nineteenth century. The stone building at number 28 was built as a residence around 1800 to 1810 and later housed the Bank of Middletown, organized in 1832. In 1833 Simon Cameron built the brick house at number 30 beside it, and the two share a common wall with doorways once linking them at each story. The house has high ceilings, large rooms, a grand hall stair and original woodwork. Cameron, who served as the bank's cashier from 1832 to 1850, later became Secretary of War under Abraham Lincoln and a United States senator. His son J. Donald Cameron was born in the house and later served as Secretary of War under Ulysses S. Grant and as a senator. The pair is significant for its architecture and for its links to these two political figures.","period_of_significance":"c.1800-1918","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Currently a private residence according to the document; bank building has been converted from residence to bank use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.335408-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/76001634.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001634/b0393f00ce-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001634/b0393f00ce-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Niagara","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simon_Cameron_House_and_Bank.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Niagara</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Simon_Cameron_House_and_Bank.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996520","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Cameron_House_and_Bank","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7518406"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/dauphin-county/cameron-simon-house-and-bank-76001634/"}