{"nrhp_refnum":"76001641","name":"Royer-Nicodemus House and Farm","other_names":["Renfrew Museum and Park"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1010 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waynesboro","county":"Franklin County","state":"PA","lat":39.74319643700005,"lon":-77.56196877301824,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-08-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farmhouse, outbuildings and farmland at 1010 East Main Street in Waynesboro, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, now operated as a museum and park. The main house is a four-bay stone house built in 1812 by Daniel Royer.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property documents the growth and development of a Cumberland Valley streamside farm, with a farm site settled around 1750. The house is regarded as a well-preserved example of early 19th-century vernacular architecture showing Germanic and Federal-period influences. The Nicodemus family's role in apple-industry cold storage is also cited as important.","narrative":"Along Antietam Creek in Waynesboro, the Royer-Nicodemus farm was settled around 1750, and a four-bay stone house was built there in 1812 by Daniel Royer, a farmer, miller and ironmaster who later served in the Pennsylvania Assembly. A two-bay addition followed around 1815 on the west gable end, matching the original materials and style. The interior retains most of its original woodwork, fireplaces and built-in cabinets, and the floor plan follows a center hall with double parlors. Outbuildings include a stone butcher and smokehouse, a stone and log spring house, and a family cemetery whose earliest marked grave dates to 1797. The house is regarded as a well-preserved example of early 19th-century vernacular building, with Federal-period detailing and Germanic influences in its fenestration and spring house. Later, Edgar A. Nicodemus acquired the farm, and his family was involved in cooperative cold storage that supported the local apple industry. The property was bequeathed to the Borough of Waynesboro in 1973 and is now a museum and park.","period_of_significance":"1750-1899","architect_builder":"Daniel Royer (builder)","architectural_style":"Vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored 1974-75 and now used as a museum; agricultural land is still farmed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.580137-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/76001641.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001641/1887363f84-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001641/1887363f84-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Royer-Nicodemus_House_FrankCo_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:Royer-Nicodemus_House_FrankCo_PA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998582","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royer%E2%80%93Nicodemus_House_and_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7375221"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/franklin-county/royer-nicodemus-house-and-farm-76001641/"}