{"nrhp_refnum":"78002408","name":"Hall, Joseph E., House","other_names":["Hall-Nicholson House","Rebecca M. Arthurs Memorial Library"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"419 W. Main","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brookville","county":"Jefferson County","state":"PA","lat":41.16083041700006,"lon":-79.08441182699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-12-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Joseph E. Hall House is a Greek Revival \"temple with wings\" house in Brookville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, dating to about 1848. It has a two-story Ionic porch, a central upright block with flanking gabled wings, and two outbuildings, an ice house and a board-and-batten building.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of few superb examples of the temple-with-wings type in north-central Pennsylvania, with a sound understanding of Greek Revival design and fine craftsmanship. It also ties the house to Jefferson County's 19th-century lumbering economy and to a succession of prominent local residents.","narrative":"Built about 1848 in Brookville, the Joseph E. Hall House is a Greek Revival house of the \"temple with wings\" type, with a two-story Ionic porch, four fluted columns, and pilasters that box in its heavy timber frame. Its oval entrance hall, winding stair, and molded plaster ceiling in the great room survive largely intact. Joseph E. Hall, a lumberman and merchant, bought the lot in 1848, and the house was complete by 1851 or 1852. Later residents included John S. King, cashier of the Brookville Bank, and Robert J. Nicholson, one of the region's most active lumbermen. Richard Arthurs, an early county district attorney, later lived here. The house is valued for its architectural quality and for its links to the county's lumbering prosperity and local leadership.","period_of_significance":"c. 1848","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Excellent state of preservation; restoration underway for single-family rental and possible office use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.920361-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/78002408.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002408/a466c0d81a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002408/a466c0d81a-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_E._Hall_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_E._Hall_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"84003409","name":"Brookville Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/brookville-historic-district-84003409/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994779","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_E._Hall_House_(Brookville,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6282796"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/jefferson-county/hall-joseph-e-house-78002408/"}