{"nrhp_refnum":"79002305","name":"Montgomery, Gen. William, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1 and 3 Bloom St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Danville","county":"Montour County","state":"PA","lat":40.96451476450005,"lon":-76.61624749806413,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-08-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and one half story random-laid stone house with a pedimented gable roof at No. 1 Bloom Street in Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania, with an attached older log and frame section. It was built in 1792 by General William Montgomery, the founder of Danville.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its association with William Montgomery, a Revolutionary patriot, general, congressman, postmaster and judge who founded Danville. It is described as the finest house in the region for many years and as the site of the first house in the county in its log section. The stone mansion is presented as a surviving example of his local leadership and of early settlement.","narrative":"Built of random-laid stone in 1792 at No. 1 Bloom Street, this two and one half story house has a pedimented gable roof, a stone chimney in the western gable end, and a two-story rear wing. Its interior retains wide plank floors and painted plaster walls with chair rails, and the first floor is divided by a wide side hall. General William Montgomery, who founded Danville on land he bought in 1774, had the house built the same year he began a two-year term in the Third Congress. For many years it was considered the finest house in the region. Montgomery had earlier served as a Chester County delegate to revolutionary meetings in 1775 and 1776 and commanded a militia regiment that served in New Jersey. Later he was appointed major general of militia for three counties and became an associate judge of Northumberland County in 1801. Attached to the stone house is an older log and frame section, believed to be the first Montgomery House, built in 1777.","period_of_significance":"1777-1792","architect_builder":"William Montgomery","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"The attached log and frame section is currently used as a home; the interior is described as in excellent condition and little altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.095646-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002305.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002305/2dc9481540-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002305/2dc9481540-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montgomery_House_Montour_Co_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:Montgomery_House_Montour_Co_PA.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"94000828","name":"Danville Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/danville-historic-district-94000828/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995204","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_William_Montgomery_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5532296"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/montour-county/montgomery-gen-william-house-79002305/"}