{"nrhp_refnum":"79002219","name":"Matlack, Enoch, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"250 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hummelstown","county":"Dauphin County","state":"PA","lat":40.26590484700006,"lon":-76.70187228599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-06-22","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 house on the main street of Hummelstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, built on a T plan with a two-story rear section and cross-gable roof. It was the home of tanner Enoch Matlack and later of Dr. Simon F. Earnest, an ear, nose and throat physician.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the truly impressive late-19th-century buildings in Hummelstown, pictured in the 1875 Combination Atlas Map of Dauphin County, and one of perhaps ten larger mansion-type structures in the borough. It is described as the only house of its style in the town and as reflecting the money available during the height of the Hummelstown brownstone quarrying industry.","narrative":"Built in the latter part of the nineteenth century in Hummelstown, this two-and-one-half-story brick house sits on the town's main street in a T-plan with a two-story rear wing and cross-gable roof. Heavy paired brackets, dentils and carved scrollwork ornament the cornices, and the front facade has a center door with a segmental arched fanlight and carved window frames. Its interior includes an open central stairway with turned balusters and a mahogany rail, and solid oak floors. The house was pictured in the 1875 Combination Atlas Map of Dauphin County, a sign of its prominence at the time. Enoch Matlack, a tanner whose works lay along the Swatara Creek, built it, and later occupants included William and Mary Fox, carriage makers, from 1887 to 1907. Dr. Simon F. Earnest, an ear, nose and throat physician, lived and practiced there until his death in 1935. The nomination regards it as an example of the wealth tied to Hummelstown's brownstone quarrying industry.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Enoch Matlack","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Altered; a one-story porch was added after 1875, a small brick office addition was made to the west facade, and a modern three-car garage stands at the rear of the lot. Currently being considered for use as a community library.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.437402-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002219.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002219/8a44ea96d1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002219/8a44ea96d1-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:E_Matlack_House_Hummelstown_PA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:E_Matlack_House_Hummelstown_PA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995906","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_Matlack_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5379314"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/dauphin-county/matlack-enoch-house-79002219/"}