{"nrhp_refnum":"78002407","name":"Mitchell, James, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"57 S. 6th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Indiana","county":"Indiana County","state":"PA","lat":40.62179939200007,"lon":-79.15037533899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-12-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and one half story painted brick house with a frame rear wing, forming an L-shaped building in the borough of Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. It was built on lots 149 and 150 around 1849-1859.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is architecturally significant to Indiana because it is one of the few remaining vernacular Federal style buildings within the borough limits. Its owner James Mitchell was an innkeeper who is said to have used the house as an inn, and it is linked to the commercial and transportation growth of the 1850s in Indiana County.","narrative":"Built on two Indiana town lots in the late 1840s and 1850s, the two and one half story brick house in Indiana, Pennsylvania, is a vernacular Federal style building with a frame wing added to its rear. James Mitchell bought the lots in August 1849 for $100 and built the brick section, which has six bays across the front and stone lintels over its one-over-one windows. Tax records from 1856 to 1860 list Mitchell as an innkeeper, and an 1859 advertisement names him proprietor of the Mansion House, a hotel or tavern. The house is regarded as one of the few surviving examples of its style within the borough limits. Its listing reflects its architectural character and its association with the commercial and transportation growth that Indiana County experienced after the canal and railroad were completed. Later owners included Hugh W. Weir, H. E. Clark and Dr. Howard B. Buterbaugh, who used the first floor as a doctor's office for many years.","period_of_significance":"circa 1849-59","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"vernacular Federal style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Altered: a gable porch over the main doorway has been removed recently, and Victorian-period mantels replaced originals; the interior is basically intact.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.231981-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/78002407.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002407/555a73b3cf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002407/555a73b3cf-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Canadian2006","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indiana_Pennsylvania_James_Mitchell_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian2006</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:Indiana_Pennsylvania_James_Mitchell_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995924","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Mitchell_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6139852"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/indiana-county/mitchell-james-house-78002407/"}