{"nrhp_refnum":"78002427","name":"Swetland Homestead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"855 Wyoming Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wyoming","county":"Luzerne County","state":"PA","lat":41.301619978000076,"lon":-75.85248540599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-12-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Economics","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Swetland Homestead is a two-and-one-half-story frame L-shaped house in Wyoming, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, built in four stages beginning in 1797. It was occupied by the Swetland family from 1797 to 1958.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the oldest surviving examples of Connecticut-style architecture in Wyoming Valley, showing the building style settlers brought from New England. It also illustrates how a family enlarged and updated a house across generations, and it is associated with early settlement of the valley, the Battle of Wyoming, and the Swetland family's local business activities.","narrative":"A frame house in Wyoming, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, the Swetland Homestead began in 1797 as a two-room house with a central chimney, now the rear kitchen wing. A separate two-story house was built in front of it in 1803, and a three-bay section was added to the north in 1809, with a connecting section in 1813. Around 1850 the front windows were altered, a four-column portico was added over the doorways, and paired brackets and dentils were added to the cornices. The house is regarded as one of the oldest surviving Connecticut-type buildings in Wyoming Valley, and its two original rooms and narrow four-over-four windows reflect the building style settlers brought from New England. Luke Swetland, an early settler who arrived under the Susquehannah Company, took part in the Battle of Wyoming in 1778 and later joined Sullivan's Expedition. The house remained in the Swetland family from 1797 to 1958, and later generations ran a store, mills, and a tannery nearby.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"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 17:11:28.831367-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/78002427.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002427/73e346e733-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002427/73e346e733-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"John Jennings","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Swetland_Homestead.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">John Jennings</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Swetland_Homestead.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998826","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swetland_Homestead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7655935"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/luzerne-county/swetland-homestead-78002427/"}