{"nrhp_refnum":"79002254","name":"Connell Mansion","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"249 W. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ephrata","county":"Lancaster County","state":"PA","lat":40.180864977000056,"lon":-76.18105617899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-01-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick house in Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, built circa 1860, with a low hipped roof and a central octagonal cupola, plus rear gable-roofed sections and outbuildings.","why_significant":"The house is considered architecturally unusual in an area dominated by Georgian and rural Germanic building styles. Its excellent preservation and interesting outbuildings make it an example of the Italianate style in rural Pennsylvania. The Connell family was prominent in 19th-century Ephrata, and the Konigmacher family, linked by marriage, took part in the development of the Ephrata Cloister.","narrative":"Built circa 1860 in Ephrata, Lancaster County, this three-story brick house has a low hipped roof topped by a central octagonal cupola. A two-story gable-roofed section and a one-story gable-roofed section extend from the rear of the main block, which measures 39 by 37 feet. The Connell family was a prominent nineteenth-century family in the Ephrata area, with business interests in real estate and livestock. Mrs. Connell was Rebecca Konigmacher, and her family also took part in the development of the Ephrata Cloister, both families having once been householder members there. Architecturally the house stands out in an area of Georgian and rural Germanic building traditions. Its excellent preservation and interesting outbuildings make it a strong example of the Italianate style in rural Pennsylvania.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Moore Connell","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"The form marks the condition as excellent and also marks the property as altered.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.826851-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002254.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002254/df707d3bd7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002254/df707d3bd7-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Connell_Mansion_Ephrata_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:Connell_Mansion_Ephrata_PA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995477","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connell_Mansion","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5161726"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lancaster-county/connell-mansion-79002254/"}