{"nrhp_refnum":"78002436","name":"Poplar Lane","other_names":["Ballygomingo"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1000 Boxwood Ct.","address_restricted":false,"city":"King of Prussia","county":"Montgomery County","state":"PA","lat":40.10658549600004,"lon":-75.33847837199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-05-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A stone and stucco farmhouse known as Poplar Lane or Ballygomingo, on about 1.5 acres near Dechert Road and Pennsylvania Route 320 at Gulph Mills in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County. It is the surviving main house of a former 100-acre farm and was built in stages from 1758 with additions in 1816, c. 1821, and the early 1930s.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be significant for its eighteenth-century stone and stucco core, its panelled interiors, and its early nineteenth-century additions that were faithful to the original. It is also tied to local history since the Revolution, including the ownership of John and Isaac Hughes and a claim that George Washington's army camped nearby in 1777.","narrative":"Stone and stucco farmhouse at Gulph Mills in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, built from 1758 for John Hughes's son, Colonel Isaac Hughes. Additions followed in 1816 for Thomas Lowry, c. 1821 for merchant John Nugent, whose southern wing has a porticoed room opening on three sides, and in the early 1930s for Robert Dechert, who added a kitchen, garage and panelled library. The original eighteenth-century panelling and the kitchen hearth survive. The nomination treats the house as architecturally important for its fine stone and stucco facade, its first-quarter nineteenth-century additions that kept the original character, and its winding staircase. Its local importance rests on ties to the Hughes family, to the Revolution, and to a reported stay by General Washington's army at Gulph Mills in late 1777.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799","architect_builder":"John Hughes","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["C"],"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 17:11:31.005102-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/78002436.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002436/d1c7c8932f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002436/d1c7c8932f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Hshuvaeva","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poplar_Lane_1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Hshuvaeva</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:Poplar_Lane_1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996032","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poplar_Lane","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7229416"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/montgomery-county/poplar-lane-78002436/"}