{"nrhp_refnum":"78002432","name":"Ross Common Manor","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"S of Saylorsburg on PA 115","address_restricted":false,"city":"Saylorsburg","county":"Monroe County","state":"PA","lat":40.865054298000075,"lon":-75.30612123599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-11-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A manor house complex on the north side of Wind Gap pass near Saylorsburg in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, comprising a stone manor house with attached kitchen, an ice house, a grist mill, a barn later converted to a summer theatre, and a family cemetery. The manor was built by Judge John Ross around 1809-1810.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is a fine example of a large Pennsylvania vernacular Georgian style house, unusual for its remote location, and that its preserved mill and playhouse add to its significance. It also cites its use as a stagecoach-era tavern for about 25 years and its association with John Ross, a prothonotary of Northampton County, state legislator, and Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.","narrative":"Built of native Blue Mountain stone around 1810 on the north side of Wind Gap pass, the Ross Common Manor is a two-and-a-half-story house with a gable roof, a two-story kitchen wing dating to about 1809, and an 1810 ice house with a stone-lined ice pit. Judge John Ross, who was born in 1770, built the house as his country seat after acquiring about 450 acres in the foothills of the Blue Mountains by 1808. Ross served as prothonotary of Northampton County, a state legislator from 1812 to 1816, a congressman from 1816 to 1818, a Common Pleas judge, and a justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court until his death in 1834. Later, the house operated as a tavern on the Wilkes-Barre to Easton turnpike for roughly 25 years during the stagecoach era. Its Georgian-influenced design and surviving mill and outbuildings make it a rare remaining complex of its kind in a remote mountain setting.","period_of_significance":"1810-1835","architect_builder":"John Ross (builder/contractor)","architectural_style":"Georgian style, Pennsylvania vernacular","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Buildings described as currently under restoration.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.447623-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/78002432.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002432/01e1e0a1f5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002432/01e1e0a1f5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ROSS_COMMON_MANOR,_MONROE_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ROSS_COMMON_MANOR,_MONROE_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998047","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Common_Manor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7369243"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/monroe-county/ross-common-manor-78002432/"}