{"nrhp_refnum":"77001137","name":"Brockerhoff Hotel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"High and Allegheny Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bellefonte","county":"Centre County","state":"PA","lat":40.91175693800005,"lon":-77.77813822499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-04-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large brick hotel building in the center of historic Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania, measuring about 170 by 60 feet with a stone foundation, commercial street story, two hotel stories and an attic. It was first built in 1866 on the site of an older hotel.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hotel is closely tied to Bellefonte's prosperity in the 19th century and is one of the town's principal architectural landmarks. Its bold late 19th century mansard roof with colored slates and its largely brick interior partitions are cited as outstanding features. It is also described as physically central to the town and a visual landmark.","narrative":"Built in 1866 on the site of an earlier inn by Henry Brockerhoff, a German-born banker who was president of the Centre County Banking Company, the Brockerhoff Hotel is a large brick building in the center of Bellefonte. Measuring about 170 by 60 feet, it has a commercial ground floor, two hotel floors and an unfinished attic. In the 1880s it was remodeled with a mansard roof, and a further remodeling in 1890 produced the present top story. The roof is covered in slate with bright red, green, white and cream patterns, reflecting late nineteenth century eclecticism that draws on Queen Anne and Second Empire styles. Most of its interior partitions are brick, a precaution linked to Bellefonte's history of destructive fires. The hotel is regarded as one of the town's principal architectural landmarks and remained in the Brockerhoff family for generations.","period_of_significance":"1866","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate; Second Empire","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The building stands empty above the first story and is in need of repair, though the document describes it as in good structural condition.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.176647-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/77001137.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001137/59f0dd66fa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001137/59f0dd66fa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brockerhoff_Hotel_Apr_09.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Upstate New York</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brockerhoff_Hotel_Apr_09.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"77001136","name":"Bellefonte Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/bellefonte-historic-district-77001136/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994608","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brockerhoff_Hotel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4972782"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/centre-county/brockerhoff-hotel-77001137/"}