{"nrhp_refnum":"78002422","name":"Weaver, Henry, Farmstead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Terre Hill off U.S. 322","address_restricted":false,"city":"Terre Hill","county":"Lancaster County","state":"PA","lat":40.134467888000074,"lon":-76.06017433199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-12-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and one-half story farmhouse on an L plan with a stone barn, built of local limestone, on a farmstead south of Terre Hill in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The house was begun by Heinrich Weber and is associated with the Weaver family.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the latest purely Germanic stone houses in Lancaster County and a late survival of a Germanic folk house type. It is noted for its original beaver-tail roof tiles, which are rare in the county, and for the stone barn dated 1764 on the same property.","narrative":"Built of native limestone in stages beginning in 1761, the two and one-half story house near Terre Hill grew into an L shape around a farmyard, with a stone barn dated 1764 standing to the west. Its roof is covered with about 900 square feet of beaver-tail tiles, laid so light passes through the joints, and the nomination describes these as unusual for their state of preservation. The house follows an evolution from the four-room Herr House of 1719 and is compared with stone farmhouses of Swabia. The nomination argues it is among the last purely Germanic stone houses in Lancaster County and a late example of a house type built by wealthier landowners. Its roof tiles and stone barn are cited as among the few surviving examples of their kind in the county and the state, which is the basis for its significance.","period_of_significance":"1761-1764","architect_builder":"Henry Weaver (Weber)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Nomination notes a demolition proposal by the owner at the time, and that no fireplaces remain in the house.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.495268-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/78002422.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998340","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Weaver_Farmstead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5729946"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lancaster-county/weaver-henry-farmstead-78002422/"}