{"nrhp_refnum":"79002211","name":"Murray, Thomas, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"120 S. 2nd St","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clearfield","county":"Clearfield County","state":"PA","lat":41.01998969600004,"lon":-78.43773230899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-10-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and one-half story brick Victorian house with Italianate features on lot 89 at the corner of Walnut and Second Street in the town of Clearfield, Pennsylvania. It was converted into five apartments in 1943.","why_significant":"The nomination describes it as a fine example of an eclectic Victorian structure blending Italianate and Victorian features. It is linked to Thomas Murray, a prominent late nineteenth-century attorney and political and church figure in Clearfield, and it is presented as an excellent example of the late Victorian mansion from the 1860-80 expansion period tied to local coal and iron wealth.","narrative":"Built in the late 1870s on a corner lot in Clearfield, this two and one-half story brick house has a cross-gable roof, a square cupola with round-arched windows, paired chimney pots and a wrought iron balustrade along the ridge. Heavy cornice brackets and decorative barge boards mark its Italianate character, and a flat-roofed porch shades the central entrance. Thomas Murray, a prominent attorney, practiced in partnership with Cyrus Gordon, later a judge, and specialized in resolving complicated land titles tied to the timber and coal industries. He chaired the county Republican Party for eight years, ran unsuccessfully for office several times, and served on the national board of the Methodist Church. Known as an effective public speaker, he gave memorial, educational and religious addresses that were later collected in three volumes held by the Clearfield Library. The house is regarded as an excellent late Victorian mansion from the period of rapid downtown building in Clearfield. In 1943 it was divided into five apartments.","period_of_significance":"1876-1880","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian with Italianate features","criteria":[],"status_note":"Converted into five apartments in 1943; original fireplaces were removed at that time.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.248222-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002211.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002211/8f2e41b3c0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002211/8f2e41b3c0-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Murray_House_Clearfield_PA_Apr_10.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Murray_House_Clearfield_PA_Apr_10.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995067","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Murray_House_(Clearfield,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7792634"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/clearfield-county/murray-thomas-house-79002211/"}