{"nrhp_refnum":"77001169","name":"Fulton House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"112--116 Lincoln Way East","address_restricted":false,"city":"McConnellsburg","county":"Fulton County","state":"PA","lat":39.932480991000034,"lon":-77.99844806199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-07-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Fulton House is a 2½-story limestone inn building in McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, with a 1793 original section and an 1820 five-bay addition on the west gable. A log kitchen wing is attached to the rear of the original section.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the inn is one of the oldest surviving inns in McConnellsburg and was perhaps the most illustrious in the town. It is cited as an excellent example of the inns along early wagon roads and turnpikes, and its 1793 interiors, basement arch and early log kitchen wing are described as noteworthy.","narrative":"Built in 1793 of native limestone in McConnellsburg, the Fulton House was a roadside inn on the main east-west road through the town, which had been established in 1786 by Daniel McConnell. An 1820 five-bay addition extended the building to eight bays on its west gable. By 1800 the town had about 50 houses and four taverns, and the Fulton House is regarded as one of the oldest surviving of these inns and perhaps the most prominent. Its guests reportedly included John and Abigail Adams, William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, James Buchanan and Eleanor Roosevelt. The building is considered a good example of the inns that lined early wagon roads and turnpikes. Its significance rests on the large vaulted arch at the basement level, the early log kitchen wing, and the original woodwork, including fireplace mantels and chair rails, in the 1793 section. A fire in 1945 gutted the 1820 addition.","period_of_significance":"1793, 1820","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Being restored by the Borough of McConnellsburg and the Fulton County Historical Society; interior of the 1820 addition was gutted by fire in 1945.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.070968-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/77001169.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001169/6bd9768f95-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001169/6bd9768f95-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fulton_House_McConnelsburg_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:Fulton_House_McConnelsburg_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/71996424","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_House_(McConnellsburg,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5508442"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/fulton-county/fulton-house-77001169/"}