{"nrhp_refnum":"80003498","name":"Church Hill Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NE of Mercersburg at 8941 Kings Lane","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mercersburg","county":"Franklin County","state":"PA","lat":39.83932888000004,"lon":-77.85264843399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-12-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farmstead at 8941 King's Lane in Peters Township near Church Hill, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, centered on a two-part stone and frame house probably built in the 1820s or 1830s, with a frame bank barn and several outbuildings.","why_significant":"The house is significant as an example of early 19th century vernacular construction that retains much of its original fabric. Its west parlor mantelpiece shows late Federal influence. The farmstead is also tied to the early Scots-Irish settlement of southwestern Franklin County, through the families who owned the land and the 18th-century Presbyterian church nearby.","narrative":"Built in the 1820s or 1830s in Peters Township near Church Hill, this farmstead combines two stone sections of roughly coursed native limestone with a later frame wing dating from 1840 to 1900. The main house has three bays on each stone section, wedge-shaped keystones above the first-story openings, pegged door and window frames, and nine-over-six and six-over-six sashes. Inside, the west parlor's mantelpiece, with reeded colonnettes and a palm-frond carving, shows late Federal influence. The east section was built first, and the two sections share masonry that suggests one mason built both. The farm includes a frame bank barn on stone foundations, an out kitchen, a corn barn, and a wagon shed. It is regarded as an example of early nineteenth-century vernacular construction that retains much of its original fabric. The farm also gains importance from its ties to the Scots-Irish settlers of southwestern Franklin County, whose families owned the land and whose 18th-century Presbyterian church stood less than half a mile west.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early 19th century vernacular construction with late Federal influence in the parlor mantelpiece","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied; the document states that all structures appear 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 17:11:32.25117-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003498.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003498/0a884da53c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003498/0a884da53c-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Church_Hill_Farm_FrankCo_PA_1.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:Church_Hill_Farm_FrankCo_PA_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996496","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_Hill_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5116612"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/franklin-county/church-hill-farm-80003498/"}