{"nrhp_refnum":"78002465","name":"Cloud Home","other_names":["John Bannan House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"351 S. 2nd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pottsville","county":"Schuylkill County","state":"PA","lat":40.68026813700004,"lon":-76.19467321899998,"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 2½-story, twelve-room rectangular dwelling of split fieldstone, painted white, in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, built in 1851 on a hillside on Sharp Mountain above the city, with three original outbuildings on a seven-acre property.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a fine example of the Northeastern Greek Revival style, with a great portico, Corinthian capitals, cast iron lintels and balconies, and interior features such as marble mantels and plaster ceilings. Its landscaped grounds, with rare imported trees and formal walks, are cited as reflecting an affluent mid-19th-century estate. The nomination also argues it may be the last Northeastern Greek Revival structure in excellent condition in the county.","narrative":"Built in 1851 in Pottsville, this twelve-room dwelling of split fieldstone, painted white, was erected for John Bannan, an attorney who specialized in land titles in the anthracite coal region after moving from Orwigsburg when the county seat changed. According to local sources, his wife Sarah Ann Ridgway Bannan designed the house and supervised its construction. It is a Northeastern Greek Revival building with a great portico of massive pine columns topped with Corinthian capitals, cast iron lintels and balcony railings, and panelled shutters. Inside are two staircases with carved newel posts, a molded plaster ceiling and a Carrara marble mantel in the drawing room. The seven-acre grounds once held rare imported trees, and two formal walks, Cherry Walk and Apple Walk, still remain. Its outbuildings include a stone barn, a smokehouse and an octagonal fruit cellar. The house is valued for its architectural integrity and its surviving estate setting.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Sarah Bannan (designed the house, according to local sources, and supervised construction); John Bannan (builder)","architectural_style":"Northeastern Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The present owners have undertaken extensive restoration; exterior described as unchanged.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.139846-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/78002465.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002465/f0b2491e99-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002465/f0b2491e99-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cloud_House_Pottsville_SkooCo_PA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cloud_House_Pottsville_SkooCo_PA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997870","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_Home","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5135666"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/schuylkill-county/cloud-home-78002465/"}