{"nrhp_refnum":"80003500","name":"McCoy-Shoemaker Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SW of Upton on PA 995","address_restricted":false,"city":"Upton","county":"Franklin County","state":"PA","lat":39.79918190600006,"lon":-77.82202511299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-06-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farmstead complex on the east side of State Route 995, about a quarter mile south of Pa. Route 16 and southwest of the village of Upton in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. It includes a brick house, a stone springhouse and dwelling, a large stone end bank barn, a frame wash house, a stone smoke house and a brick privy.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex is a complete group of rural farm buildings reflecting 19th-century farm life, and that the buildings are important vernacular examples of stone and brick construction in Pennsylvania. The property is also significant for its continuous ownership by only two families, the McCoy family from 1743 to 1857 and the Shoemaker family from 1864 onward. The main house's woodwork reflects the late federal period.","narrative":"Set on the east side of State Route 995 a short distance southwest of Upton, the farmstead holds a brick house probably dating from the 1820s or 1830s, laid in Flemish bond at the front with narrow, trowel-struck mortar joints. Its interior retains late federal woodwork, including a central stair, turned newel and carved mantelpieces. Beside it stands a stone springhouse and dwelling, apparently built about 1800, with a spring running through its ground-level passage and a plastered upper room. A large stone end bank barn, a frame wash house with a brick oven, a stone smoke house and a brick privy complete the group. Together the buildings are considered a rare, complete collection of typical outbuildings needed on a farm where food was grown and processed for family use, and they remain in excellent condition with few alterations. The farm's long family ownership adds to its importance.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular; late federal period woodwork","criteria":[],"status_note":"The buildings are described as being in excellent condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:13:08.853063-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003500.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003500/c33680f999-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003500/c33680f999-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McCoy%E2%80%93Shoemaker_Farm_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:McCoy%E2%80%93Shoemaker_Farm_FrankCo_PA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998458","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCoy%E2%80%93Shoemaker_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6800626"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/franklin-county/mccoy-shoemaker-farm-80003500/"}