{"nrhp_refnum":"77001178","name":"Seipsville Hotel","other_names":["Seip's Hotel","Seip's Tavern","Seipsville Rib House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2912 Old Nazareth Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Easton","county":"Northampton County","state":"PA","lat":40.69382073300005,"lon":-75.26201417199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-05-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Seipsville Hotel is a two and one half story, four-bay fieldstone house with an attached one-story springhouse in Palmer Township near Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1760 for Peter Seip.","why_significant":"The building served as the home of Peter Seip and the area's first tavern and hotel, and has had almost continuous use as a hotel and tavern since 1760. It has also served as a post office, polling place and community meeting center. The nomination describes it as clearly the oldest house still standing in the area and a good example of 1700s building styles.","narrative":"Built in 1760 for Peter Seip, the Seipsville Hotel is a two and one half story fieldstone house with an attached one-story springhouse. The house has a central hall, a tavern with a wooden bar and corner fireplace, and a rear staircase with carved balusters. A datestone under the eaves bears the inscription P. Seip, A.D. 1760. The building was the area's first tavern and hotel and has been in almost continuous use as a hotel and tavern since that time. It has also served as a post office, a polling place and a community meeting center. It is one of the oldest structures still standing in Palmer Township and is regarded as a good example of building styles common in the 1700s, with heavy boxed eaves with returns, double front and rear doors and interior chimneys. Alterations include the enclosure of the front and rear porches and the glazing of the front entryway.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The house is in good condition although it has had several alterations; the front porch has been filled in with brick and the rear porch enclosed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.615667-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/77001178.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001178/ce2ade3082-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001178/ce2ade3082-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Shuvaev","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seipsville_Hotel_02.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Shuvaev</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:Seipsville_Hotel_02.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995379","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seipsville_Hotel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7446880"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/northampton-county/seipsville-hotel-77001178/"}