{"nrhp_refnum":"77001175","name":"Buhl, Frank H., Mansion","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"422 E. State St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sharon","county":"Mercer County","state":"PA","lat":41.23241444900003,"lon":-80.49936240899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-12-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A fourteen-room residence in Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, built of native ashlar sandstone and greystone, with a six-car garage, a conservatory, a swimming pool and a Gardner's House on about two acres. It was erected in 1891 for Frank H. Buhl.","why_significant":"The mansion is described as an interpretive example of late 19th-century American architecture influenced by Henry Hobson Richardson, combining round arches, turrets, finials and carved stone bands. It is also tied to Frank H. Buhl, head of the Sharon Iron Company and a leading local philanthropist, and to the architect Charles Owsley.","narrative":"Built in 1891 in Sharon, Pennsylvania, the Frank H. Buhl Mansion is a fourteen-room, two-and-a-half-story residence of native ashlar sandstone. Its round arches, steep gabled dormers, turrets with copper-capped spires, and a recessed porch with heavy arcades reflect the Richardsonian Romanesque style of Henry Hobson Richardson, though architect Charles Owsley of Youngstown, Ohio, adapted these elements rather than copying the style outright. The house was built for Frank H. Buhl, head of the Sharon Iron Company, and his wife Julia Forker Buhl, shortly after their marriage. The couple lived in the nearby Gardner's House during construction. The interior retains original panelling in several rooms, a plaster ceiling with a wreath and shell motif in the drawing room, and built-in bookcases in the library. Buhl was known locally for his generosity, and the mansion is regarded as a notable survival of this architectural type in western Pennsylvania.","period_of_significance":"1891","architect_builder":"Charles Owsley (architect)","architectural_style":"Richardsonian Romanesque","criteria":[],"status_note":"Converted to apartments; original panelling, fireplaces and plaster ceiling remain; stained glass has been removed and preserved in the basement.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.810818-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/77001175.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001175/342315163a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001175/342315163a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Jon-Mark Davey from Deerfield Beach, FL, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buhl_Mansion_(14684212239).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jon-Mark Davey from Deerfield Beach, FL, USA</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:Buhl_Mansion_(14684212239).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998135","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_H._Buhl_Mansion","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5486994"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/mercer-county/buhl-frank-h-mansion-77001175/"}