{"nrhp_refnum":"77001196","name":"Robinson House","other_names":["White House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"120 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wellsboro","county":"Tioga County","state":"PA","lat":41.746816813000066,"lon":-77.30348425899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-08-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, five-bay Greek Revival house with a rear wing at 120 Main Street in Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. The document does not state a construction date for the house as a whole.","why_significant":"The house is described as a fine local example of Greek Revival style, with simple lines and a plain frieze and portico. It is also tied to the 1874 robbery of the Robinson family and the bank vault, which the document calls the most sensational crime in Wellsboro. The document further argues that the center section of the house incorporates the original Cheney Tavern, built around 1813, which was among the earliest tavern sites in the county.","narrative":"Wellsboro's Robinson House at 120 Main Street is a two-story, five-bay Greek Revival dwelling with a one-story wood portico, flush-boarded pediments, and a rear wing. Its center section is argued to date from around 1813 and to contain the original Cheney Tavern, where the first court in Tioga County was opened in January 1813. Deed records show the building was a tavern under Mrs. Caulkins before John L. Robinson bought it in 1834. Robinson, president of Wellsboro's only bank, lived here, and on the night of September 16, 1874, seven robbers bound the family and forced his son, the bank cashier Eugene H. Robinson, to open the vault. About $50,000 in cash and securities was taken. Two robbers were later caught and most of the money recovered. The house is valued for its local tavern history and for the robbery, which was the sensation of its time.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.075753-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/77001196.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001196/9b334a3191-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001196/9b334a3191-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robinson_House_Wellsboro_PA_Oct_09.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robinson_House_Wellsboro_PA_Oct_09.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"04001458","name":"Wellsboro Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/wellsboro-historic-district-04001458/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998614","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_House_(Wellsboro,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7353033"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/tioga-county/robinson-house-77001196/"}