{"nrhp_refnum":"79002209","name":"Irvin-Patchin House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Burnside","county":"Clearfield County","state":"PA","lat":40.81612354850006,"lon":-78.78828218392579,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-06-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and one half story brick house with a cross-gable roof and a three story flat-roof brick rear addition, located in Burnside, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, with a frame barn and shed on the property. It was built circa 1850 across from a mill once run by the Irvin family.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a fine example of blended Federal, Italianate and Victorian architecture, with Federal massing and detailing persisting in an outlying area as late as the 1850s alongside a rear Italian Villa style tower. It also cites the use of timber from Patchin lands and bricks made on the premises, and its links to early settlers, the milling trade, and John Henry Patchin, a state assemblyman and horse breeder. It is described as a unique element of the Burnside townscape.","narrative":"Built around 1850 of brick made on the property, the two and one half story house in Burnside stands across from a mill once operated by the Irvin family, who were among the area's earliest settlers. Its cross-gable roof, heavy boxed cornices, and symmetrical Federal-style door and window placement with stained glass sidelights reflect a design that persisted in outlying Pennsylvania into the 1850s. A rear three story flat-roofed tower in the Italian Villa manner was added to give the building the asymmetrical picturesque look popular in the mid nineteenth century. Around 1900 a Victorian porch with ornamental brackets was added across the front and side. The house is regarded as a unique element of the Burnside townscape. Timber for the house came from Patchin family lands. Horace Patchin acquired the property in 1870, and his son John Henry Patchin owned it from 1880, serving in the General Assembly from Clearfield County in 1895 and 1896 and operating the Burnside Roller Mills.","period_of_significance":"c.1850","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal, Italianate and Victorian blend","criteria":[],"status_note":"The interior is described as in excellent condition and retaining most original features.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.255407-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002209.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002209/850c698bd2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002209/850c698bd2-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Irvin-Patchin_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Irvin-Patchin_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994841","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irvin-Patchin_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15228821"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/clearfield-county/irvin-patchin-house-79002209/"}