{"nrhp_refnum":"77001195","name":"Ryon, Judge John, House","other_names":["Judge Ira Kilbourne House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lawrenceville","county":"Tioga County","state":"PA","lat":41.994852466000054,"lon":-77.12601005199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-12-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Judge John Ryon House is a Greek Revival temple-form house on Main Street in Lawrenceville, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1840 and is the principal surviving structure from the early settlement of the borough.","why_significant":"The document argues the house is one of the best examples of its type in Pennsylvania and the most impressive building in Lawrenceville. Its design and details are drawn from Asher Benjamin's pattern book, and temple-form houses are described as very rare, with this one only a few hundred yards from the New York State line where the style is more common.","narrative":"Built about 1840 on Main Street in Lawrenceville, this temple-form house has a front portico supported by four full fluted Ionic columns and a front facade divided into three equal sections by pilasters. Judge John Ryon, who began practising law in Lawrenceville around 1840, is associated with its construction on land once owned by Judge Ira Kilborne, an early settler. The house's design and details follow the published work of Asher Benjamin, including the door and fretwork patterns. It is regarded as one of the best examples of its type in Pennsylvania and the most impressive building in the town. Temple-form houses are rare, and this one stands only a few hundred yards from the New York State line, where the style is more common. The Ryon family owned the property until 1968 and added rear sections that follow the original style but lack its detail. A two-story porch occupies the southwest corner, and the interior plan is symmetrical.","period_of_significance":"c. 1840","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Originally scheduled for demolition; to be sold for rehabilitation. Used as the site office for the Lawrenceville Disaster Urban Research Area project.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.829185-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/77001195.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001195/d8b3335584-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001195/d8b3335584-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Judge_John_Ryon_House_Oct_09.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog at en.wikipedia</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Judge_John_Ryon_House_Oct_09.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996193","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_John_Ryon_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6302577"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/tioga-county/ryon-judge-john-house-77001195/"}