{"nrhp_refnum":"78002470","name":"Snyder, Gov. Simon, Mansion","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"119--121 N. Market St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Selinsgrove","county":"Snyder County","state":"PA","lat":40.80069574000004,"lon":-76.86173716399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-08-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and one-half story stone house with a gable roof, built on the northeast corner of the village square of Selinsgrove, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, in the early 1800s. It is known as the Governor Simon Snyder Mansion.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its association with Governor Simon Snyder, the third governor of Pennsylvania, who served three successive terms from 1808 to 1817 and is described as the county's most prominent citizen. It also cites the house's surviving original hardware, woodwork and fireplaces as part of its physical significance.","narrative":"Built in the early 1800s on the northeast corner of the village square in Selinsgrove, this two and one-half story stone house has a gable roof, two gable-end brick chimneys, and a panelled front door with a circular fanlight. Governor Simon Snyder, the third governor of Pennsylvania, returned here after leaving office in 1817 and the house is associated with his later life and his service to the state. Snyder held the office for three successive terms, from 1808 to 1817, and was a proponent of a free school system and of states' rights. The house survived the Selinsgrove fire of 1874, which destroyed dormers and a side porch and burned over fifty buildings nearby, though the fire stopped just short of it. Its interior retains much original hardware, woodwork and fireplaces, and the house remains a link to the county's namesake.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Interior retains much original hardware and woodwork; the property was damaged by the 1874 Selinsgrove fire and later repaired.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.784484-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/78002470.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002470/0c8dea49db-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002470/0c8dea49db-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gov_Simon_Snyder_Mansion_Oct_09.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gov_Simon_Snyder_Mansion_Oct_09.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998127","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gov._Simon_Snyder_Mansion","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5588537"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/snyder-county/snyder-gov-simon-mansion-78002470/"}