{"nrhp_refnum":"80003546","name":"Gloninger Estate","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2511 W. Oak St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lebanon","county":"Lebanon County","state":"PA","lat":40.32362515700004,"lon":-76.45297106299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-12-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A limestone bank house in Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, built into a rock bank with a limestone cave near the back door. It was built in 1785 for the Gloninger family.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a typical example of Swiss-German architecture of the mid to late 1700s and is still among the oldest limestone homes in Lebanon County. It also links the house to the Gloninger family, including John Gloninger, a Revolutionary militia colonel and later associate judge, and his descendants who were prominent doctors.","narrative":"Built into a bank of limestone in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, the Gloninger Estate house was completed in 1785 and is constructed entirely of limestone quarried on the property. Its two main floors each contain four rooms, and the basement has ceilings nearly twelve feet high. The house has four fireplaces and a steep pitched roof that was originally covered with hand-split shake shingles. The house is significant as a well-preserved example of Swiss-German building practice from the mid to late 1700s and as one of the oldest limestone homes in Lebanon County. It was also home to the Gloninger family for many years. John Gloninger, who built the house, served as a Revolutionary militia colonel and later as an associate judge, and his descendants included prominent doctors in the area and in Philadelphia. Dr. Andrew Gloninger founded the Lebanon Sanatorium, which later became Lebanon Valley General Hospital.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Swiss-German","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Vandalized after more than ten years of abandonment; purchased in spring 1978 and restored with modern conveniences added.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.174895-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003546.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003546/39e0d178f5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003546/39e0d178f5-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gloninger_Estate_LebCo_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:Gloninger_Estate_LebCo_PA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996205","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloninger_Estate","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5571259"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lebanon-county/gloninger-estate-80003546/"}