{"nrhp_refnum":"79002182","name":"Lemont Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Off PA 26","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lemont","county":"Centre County","state":"PA","lat":40.81054736350006,"lon":-77.81867083005321,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-06-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Lemont Historic District is a village in Centre County, Pennsylvania, situated at the southwestern end of Nittany Mountain where it meets Spring Creek. Its street plan was laid out in 1870 by Moses Thompson on part of a farm he had purchased in 1869.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the village is significant for its role as a transportation and commercial node at the crossroads of four early Centre County roads, which shaped its settlement pattern. It also cites the architecture, which it says reflects three successive periods of growth, from folk houses before 1870 through Victorian vernacular styles to early twentieth-century cube houses. It is described as an excellent example of a late nineteenth century roadside village.","narrative":"Lemont is a village at the southwestern foot of Nittany Mountain, divided by Spring Creek, with a street plan laid out by Moses Thompson in 1870. Its location at the crossroads of four early Centre County roads made it a transportation and commercial center. The district contains eighty-one principal structures and thirty-three outbuildings, most built in the second half of the nineteenth century. Victorian vernacular houses with steep cross gables predominate, alongside Georgian folk houses from earlier decades and brick cube houses from the early twentieth century. Notable buildings include the Thompson and Company Bank Building of 1868, the Dr. J.Y. Dale House of 1871, which was enlarged in the Queen Anne and Eastlake modes, and the John I. Thompson, Jr., House, remodeled in the 1880s in the Neo-Colonial mode. The village is valued as a well-preserved example of a late nineteenth century roadside village whose layout reflects the railway and highway traffic that shaped it.","period_of_significance":"1870-1920","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular Victorian, Gothic, Italianate, Queen Anne, Neo-Colonial, Georgian, Eclectic Cube, Bungalow","criteria":[],"status_note":"Most buildings are in good to excellent condition; the Railroad Station is described as neglected, and the Robert Hoy Garage closed in 1976.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:31.132086-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002182.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002182/95aa9c2f8e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002182/95aa9c2f8e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mark Michalovic","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lemont_Pennsylvania.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Michalovic</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:Lemont_Pennsylvania.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996225","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemont_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6521422"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/centre-county/lemont-historic-district-79002182/"}