{"nrhp_refnum":"79002232","name":"Mansfield","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SE of Mercersburg","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mercersburg","county":"Franklin County","state":"PA","lat":39.792978643000026,"lon":-77.86194135099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-04-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, three-bay stone dwelling with a one-story rear wing, located about 3.5 miles southeast of Mercersburg in Montgomery Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on a bluff above Licking Creek. The house is known as Mansfield.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its stone architecture, an example of a stone construction type indigenous to Pennsylvania that displays a degree of refinement uncommon in rural Pennsylvania houses. It also cites its association with a nineteenth-century industrial site, including a saw mill and woolen factory once on the property. Its interior woodwork in the Federal style is said to be largely original.","narrative":"Mansfield is a two-story stone house with a one-story rear wing on a bluff above Licking Creek, southeast of Mercersburg in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The wing bears the date 1807, formed in a pattern of nail heads on the interior of one of its doors, and the main section is thought to date from the early 1800s. Its walls are of roughly coursed local limestone, with flat arches of dressed stone over many openings. Much of the interior woodwork survives, including reeded trim, mantels and an unusually wide stair hall, and it follows Federal motifs. Henry Hogmire is regarded as the likely builder. The house is significant for its stone architecture, which is an example of a regional building type and shows more refinement than is typical of rural Pennsylvania houses. It is also linked to a nineteenth-century saw mill and woolen factory on the property. The house is being restored at present.","period_of_significance":"circa 1807","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The house is being restored at present and appears to be in good condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.360185-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002232.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002232/7a277a35a1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002232/7a277a35a1-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mansfield_FrankCo_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:Mansfield_FrankCo_PA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996498","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansfield_(Mercersburg,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6751618"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/franklin-county/mansfield-79002232/"}