{"nrhp_refnum":"76001642","name":"McConnell House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"114 Lincoln Way","address_restricted":false,"city":"McConnellsburg","county":"Fulton County","state":"PA","lat":39.932906650000064,"lon":-77.99940272999999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-bay, 2½-story log house with a rear addition and an 1834 datestone on the eastern section, in McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania. It also served as a tavern operated by Daniel McConnell, the town's founder.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house marks one of the area's earliest settlements and is an excellent example of cut log construction in the region. Its unusual solution to building a log house on a slope is regarded as architecturally exceptional for central Pennsylvania. Its association with Daniel McConnell, founder of the town, adds to its importance.","narrative":"Built of yellow pine logs with dovetailed corners, this L-shaped house in McConnellsburg rises two and a half stories on a stone foundation. The older log section, dating to the late 18th century, has a hallway and stair on its west wall and two rooms to the east. A rear wing was added later, and a second addition to the east carries a datestone of 1834. Daniel McConnell, who was granted land in the area under a warrant dated 1762, kept a tavern here and later laid out the town in 1786. The house is considered one of the earliest settlements in the area and an excellent example of cut log construction. Its builders adapted the log structure to a sloping hillside in an unusual way, which is regarded as architecturally exceptional for central Pennsylvania. Much of the original wood detailing survives on the first floor, including two fireplaces, and wide original flooring remains in one second-floor room.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Log; vernacular with Greek Revival elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Recent alteration removed the original porch and walled in the stone posts; second floor altered in the 19th and 20th centuries.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.491556-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/76001642.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001642/8a3ad81228-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001642/8a3ad81228-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McConnell_House_McConnellsburg_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:McConnell_House_McConnellsburg_PA.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"93000727","name":"McConnellsburg Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/mcconnellsburg-historic-district-93000727/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996422","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McConnell_House_(McConnellsburg,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6800498"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/fulton-county/mcconnell-house-76001642/"}