{"nrhp_refnum":"79002224","name":"Hill, John, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"230 W. 6th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Erie","county":"Erie County","state":"PA","lat":42.12774550800003,"lon":-80.09021197499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-12-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A transitional frame and masonry house at 230 West 6th Street in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, combining Greek Revival and Italian Villa elements, built in stages from about 1836 with major additions in the late 1850s and 1891.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is the best remaining example of the Italian Villa style, once popular among Erie's wealthy families in the late nineteenth century. It is also associated with John Hill, a carpenter who became a builder and architect, and with George Selden, whose iron-works fortune helped shape the house's social character.","narrative":"Built around 1836 as a two-story square frame house, this residence in Erie was substantially remodeled by John Hill, a carpenter who later became a builder and architect, beginning in 1854. Hill added south and east wings in the late 1850s, giving the house its irregular, picturesque massing, and in 1891 a brick coach house and servants' quarters were joined to the rear wing. The design combines Greek Revival and Italian Villa features, including a broken roofline with bracketed eaves, arcaded corbel tables, round-headed hooded windows, a balustraded balcony framed by Corinthian columns, and a three-bay screen porch. Its interiors include arched marble fireplaces and carved ceilings. The house is regarded as the best surviving example of the Italian Villa style that prosperous Erie families favored in the late nineteenth century, and it reflects the growth of the city as an industrial and transportation center.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"John Hill (builder/architect)","architectural_style":"Transitional Greek Revival and Italian Villa","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The present owner planned to renovate the unoccupied home and expressed interest in donating it to the Erie Philharmonic for use as a musical arts building.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:13:07.991818-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002224.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002224/860adaa551-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002224/860adaa551-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Emilyann1012","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Hill_House_Erie,_PA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Emilyann1012</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:John_Hill_House_Erie,_PA.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"84000353","name":"West Sixth Street Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/west-sixth-street-historic-district-84000353/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995533","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hill_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6239294"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/erie-county/hill-john-house-79002224/"}