{"nrhp_refnum":"77001193","name":"Ormrod, George, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"218 W. Broad St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tamaqua","county":"Schuylkill County","state":"PA","lat":40.796845596000026,"lon":-75.97330764599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-06-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-story frame Victorian house built c. 1870 in Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, with an irregular plan of 27 angles and a three-story square tower.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a finely crafted and well-preserved Victorian building that illustrates a wide variety of styles and influences, with outstanding use of wood shingles and siding for decorative effect. It is described as perhaps the best preserved Victorian home in the coal regions of northeastern Pennsylvania. It is also associated with George Ormrod, a successful entrepreneur in the coal trade and a founder of the Lehigh Portland Cement Company.","narrative":"Built around 1870 in Tamaqua, this 2½-story frame house was constructed for George Ormrod while he was superintendent at the nearby Raven Run Colliery. Its irregular plan includes 27 angles in the outer wall, and a three-story square tower rises at the corner of the main facade. Decoration is elaborate, with a variety of shingle patterns, diagonal and horizontal siding, carved porch posts, and a Chinese lattice railing on the tower's open balcony. Stained glass windows appear throughout, with the two staircase landings on the west side especially notable. Interior woodwork is original, including carved vestibule paneling, a carved newel post and trefoil balustrade, and a music room fireplace with pictorial ceramic tiles. Ormrod became a prominent entrepreneur in the Schuylkill and Lehigh Valleys, known for his success in the coal trade and for founding the Lehigh Portland Cement Company. The house is considered one of the best-preserved Victorian homes in the region's coal country.","period_of_significance":"1870","architect_builder":"George Ormrod","architectural_style":"Victorian","criteria":[],"status_note":"The house is in good condition and in sympathetic ownership; a new roof and updated utility systems are the only changes to the original fabric.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.410608-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/77001193.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001193/140ed38126-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001193/140ed38126-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Hshuvaeva","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Ormrod_House_02.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Hshuvaeva</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:George_Ormrod_House_02.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998330","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ormrod_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5543045"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/schuylkill-county/ormrod-george-house-77001193/"}