{"nrhp_refnum":"80003542","name":"Old Homestead","other_names":["Pine Grove Farm","Honey Creek Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NW of Enon Valley off PA 351","address_restricted":false,"city":"Enon Valley","county":"Lawrence County","state":"PA","lat":40.87457740800005,"lon":-80.47120787799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-08-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story brick farmhouse known as the Old Homestead (also Pine Grove Farm), near Enon Valley in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, built in 1824-25 by Enoch Marvin.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an unusually sophisticated frontier dwelling, with stepped front and rear walls and fine interior woodwork and Federal-style mantels that are rare for the area at that date. It also ties the house to Marvin's role as land agent for the Pennsylvania Population Company in developing northwestern Pennsylvania.","narrative":"Built in 1824-25 by Enoch Marvin, an agent of the Pennsylvania Population Company, this two-and-a-half-story brick farmhouse stands near Enon Valley in Lawrence County. Its front and rear walls step up into four extended brick chimneys, a form not common in western Pennsylvania at the time. The interior has fine woodwork, a hanging dog-leg staircase with cherry spindles and handrails, and Federal-style mantels in several rooms. Marvin, who had come from Philadelphia, built it as a model of refined living on the frontier and as an example for buyers of the company's land. The house is regarded as an unusually sophisticated product of the early settlement period, and it is linked to the company's promotion of settlement in the area. Enon Valley itself was laid out by Marvin on his land in 1838.","period_of_significance":"1823-51","architect_builder":"Enoch Marvin","architectural_style":"Federal style (interior mantels); stepped gable front and rear walls","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition marked excellent, with the original site retained but the building altered by an 1930 utility room and sun porch addition.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:13:11.491421-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003542.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003542/7509ba4f87-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003542/7509ba4f87-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Homestead_near_Enon_Valley.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Homestead_near_Enon_Valley.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995473","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Homestead_(Enon_Valley,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7084237"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lawrence-county/old-homestead-80003542/"}