{"nrhp_refnum":"76001659","name":"Beck House","other_names":["Old Scott House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"62 N. Front St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sunbury","county":"Northumberland County","state":"PA","lat":40.86407768000004,"lon":-76.79575832899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-01-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A stone house in Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, with an original fieldstone section built between 1773 and 1796 and a two-story addition dated by a 1796 datestone. The house is classed as a building.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an example of vernacular adaptation of architectural style, with classical detailing combined with unusual geometric designs inlaid in fieldstone. It also states that much of the interior remains intact and that the house is one of the earliest dwellings in the Sunbury area.","narrative":"Built between 1773 and 1796 in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, the Beck House combines a rough fieldstone original section with a later two-story portion dated by a 1796 datestone. The first owner of the surrounding land is believed to be Jacob Doudel. The newer front section has corner quoins, two-over-two sash windows, and a fanlight doorway flanked by pilasters, with a wooden cornice of dentils and fretwork. Its stonework contains inlaid diamonds, circles and rectangles, which the nomination describes as highly unusual and probably unique for fieldstone construction. The house is valued for blending classical features with an individual builder's design, and for its interior, where original plank floors, paneled woodwork, fireplaces and stairways survive in most rooms. It is also considered one of the earliest dwellings in the Sunbury area. The Beck family owned it from 1915, and the Scott family occupied it from 1871 to 1891.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular adaptation of classical architecture","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The interior is described as largely unchanged, with a kitchen fireplace still in use; exterior shutters were removed and a porch was added on the north side.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.753306-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/76001659.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001659/eb6246870a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001659/eb6246870a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Ruhrfisch (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beck_House_(Sunbury,_Pennsylvania)_1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ruhrfisch (talk)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beck_House_(Sunbury,_Pennsylvania)_1.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"83004240","name":"Sunbury Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/sunbury-historic-district-83004240/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998317","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beck_House_(Sunbury,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4878605"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/northumberland-county/beck-house-76001659/"}