{"nrhp_refnum":"77001160","name":"Blythe, Benjamin, Homestead","other_names":["Hazel Glen","Blythstead"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"217 Means Hollow Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Shippensburg","county":"Cumberland County","state":"PA","lat":40.034236675000045,"lon":-77.51154082299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-09-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A limestone homestead at the foot of Reservoir Hill near Gum Run in the Shippensburg area of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, consisting of a two-story Georgian style house, a kitchen ell, and a limestone barn. The construction date is not clear, and the form dates the complex to about 1798.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the homestead is one of the earliest homesites in the Shippensburg area and an excellent, well-preserved example of an early Central Pennsylvania homestead. It connects the property to Benjamin Blythe, a settler, tax collector, Revolutionary-era colonel, and veteran of the French and Indian War. The form notes that the original buildings recorded on the site are all still present.","narrative":"Set at the foot of Reservoir Hill near Gum Run, the Benjamin Blythe Homestead is a limestone complex of a two-story Georgian style house, a kitchen ell, and a large barn measuring 80 by 37 feet. The property is among the earliest homesites in the Shippensburg area, and Benjamin Blythe was one of its first fifteen settlers. Blythe was taxed on the complex in the 1798 Direct Tax for 16 windows of 360 panes. Original features that survive include window glass, door latches and locks, a large bake oven with a double arched door, and crane, along with wooden pegs used in the interior construction. Blythe was a tax collector, served as a colonel in the Cumberland County Battalion during the Revolution, and was wounded at the Battle of Sidling Hill in the French and Indian War. The homestead is regarded as an excellent and well-preserved example of an early Central Pennsylvania homestead, with all recorded original buildings still on the site.","period_of_significance":"c. 1798","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian","criteria":[],"status_note":"The house, kitchen and barn are described as in excellent condition.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.11909-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/77001160.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001160/6741f2c9e7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001160/6741f2c9e7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BENJAMIN_BLYTHE_HOMESTEAD;_SHIPPENSBURG,_CUMBERLAND_COUNTY,_PA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BENJAMIN_BLYTHE_HOMESTEAD;_SHIPPENSBURG,_CUMBERLAND_COUNTY,_PA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998153","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Blythe_Homestead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4888300"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/cumberland-county/blythe-benjamin-homestead-77001160/"}