{"nrhp_refnum":"79002236","name":"Brumbaugh Homestead","other_names":["Timothy Meadows Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NE of Marklesburg off PA 26","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marklesburg","county":"Huntingdon County","state":"PA","lat":40.39316043800005,"lon":-78.14133088299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-03-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A stone farmhouse homestead in Marklesburg, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, developed in three sections, with the oldest stone section constructed in 1804. It was also used for church services by a local Dunker congregation.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the homestead is significant for its dual use as a church and home, and as a fine example of an early settler homestead in central Pennsylvania. It is said to be an early stone combination of community church and farmhouse in the Huntingdon County area. The house remained in one family for about 175 years, and several members, including Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh, governor of Pennsylvania, were prominent.","narrative":"Built of stone in 1804 in Marklesburg, Huntingdon County, the Brumbaugh Homestead began as a two-story house with three rooms on each floor over a full basement, later joined by a brick addition and a vertical plank addition before the 1860s. Its interior woodwork, including beaded pine boards, moldings and chair-rails, shows plain early Federal workmanship, and a large cooking fireplace sits in a gable-end wall. The first floor could be opened into one large room by a pair of wide doors and hinged partitions, which suggests that the house served as a meeting place for a local Dunker congregation, later the Church of the Brethren, before any church building existed. The builder's son and grandson were elders and overseers of that congregation. The house stayed in one family for about 175 years, and its dual use as church and homestead is regarded as an early example in the region. Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh, a later family member, became governor of Pennsylvania and a national political figure.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.670544-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002236.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002236/b35376fc71-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002236/b35376fc71-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Generic1139","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brumbaugh_Homestead_east_and_north.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Generic1139</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:Brumbaugh_Homestead_east_and_north.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996394","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brumbaugh_Homestead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4978792"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/huntingdon-county/brumbaugh-homestead-79002236/"}