{"nrhp_refnum":"79002190","name":"Waggoner, Daniel, Log House and Barn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SW of Spring Mills, Potter Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Spring Mills","county":"Centre County","state":"PA","lat":40.83135067000006,"lon":-77.61943252399999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-04-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story log house on a stone foundation, with an attached double crib log barn, on the northwest side of Egg Hill overlooking Penns Valley near Spring Mills in Centre County, Pennsylvania. An etched date of 1809 on the fireplace stone is taken as the construction date.","why_significant":"The house is described as a rare, well-preserved example of the Continental log house, an early folk type linked to Pennsylvania German settlement, and it retains most of its essential plan features. The barn is an early folk type of log crib construction associated with the same settlement. Both buildings survive together at one site with documented builder history, which the nomination treats as an unusually clear record of folk building and settlement in Centre County.","narrative":"A two-story log house built on a stone foundation sits on the northwest slope of Egg Hill above Penns Valley near Spring Mills, with a double crib log barn nearby. A date of 1809 and the initial W, etched into the limestone fireplace stone, are taken to mark its construction by Daniel Waggoner (1756-1838), a Revolutionary War veteran who bought the tract in 1802 and lived there until his death. The house follows the Continental log house type common in southeastern Pennsylvania, with a massive central stone chimney, a summer beam dividing the first floor, an off-center front door and a boxed stairway. Its hewn logs, V-notched corners and large cooking fireplace remain largely intact, though windows, porches and the roof have been altered. The barn, with two log cribs joined by a central runway, is an early folk type tied to German settlement. Because both buildings survive together with a documented builder, they are regarded as an unusually clear record of Pennsylvania folk building and settlement history in Centre County.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Daniel Waggoner","architectural_style":"Continental Log House","criteria":[],"status_note":"Barn used in a part-time farming operation; roof and siding in good condition; house alterations include later windows, porches and roof.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:28.982605-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002190.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998227","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Waggoner_Log_House_and_Barn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5219010"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/centre-county/waggoner-daniel-log-house-and-barn-79002190/"}