{"nrhp_refnum":"78002367","name":"Woodward Inn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"PA 45","address_restricted":false,"city":"Woodward","county":"Centre County","state":"PA","lat":40.89859426000004,"lon":-77.35665310699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-12-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Woodward Inn is a two and one-half story stone inn in Woodward, Centre County, Pennsylvania, measuring 45 by 35 feet in plan. It was erected in 1814 by John Motz, Jr. and his mother, Mary Whitmer Motz.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the inn is a well-preserved example of Georgian-plan tavern architecture and of Pennsylvania vernacular stone construction. It is described as one of only six known stone inns still standing in Centre County and is linked to the Motz family's role in early roads and the development of the Woodward agricultural community.","narrative":"Built in 1814 of squared, roughly coursed limestone, the Woodward Inn is a two and one-half story building measuring 45 by 35 feet in plan, with a five-bay facade and twin entrances topped by semicircular stone arches. Its interior follows a Georgian plan with two rooms on each side of a central hall, and the first-floor rooms are joined by unusual arched openings. Original exterior hardware, including tapered handwrought straps and pintles, survives, as do early glass and shutters. The building was erected primarily through the efforts of John Motz, Jr. and his mother, Mary Whitmer Motz, and served as a stage stop on the road through the Woodward Narrows. Its Motz family associations are tied to the early mill and road network at the eastern end of Penns Valley. The inn is one of six stone inns known to remain in Centre County and is regarded as among the best preserved, comparable in quality to the Old Boalsburg Tavern of 1819.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"John Motz, Jr. and Mary Whitmer Motz (builders)","architectural_style":"Georgian","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The building was refurbished after a fire in the 1920s and again after the Second World War, and the form describes its condition as good.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.719077-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/78002367.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002367/68bae73ab8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002367/68bae73ab8-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodward_Inn,_Woodward_PA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woodward_Inn,_Woodward_PA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998786","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodward_Inn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8033571"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/centre-county/woodward-inn-78002367/"}