{"nrhp_refnum":"80003585","name":"Parsons-Taylor House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4th and Ferry Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Easton","county":"Northampton County","state":"PA","lat":40.68987320000008,"lon":-75.21027953799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-08-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-bay Georgian stone house of two and a half stories with a gable roof, built on town lot No. 176 in Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It is constructed of random cut stone from a nearby quarry.","why_significant":"The nomination describes it as a fine survivor of the Delaware Valley variation of the Georgian style and the sole survivor of that style in the Lower Lehigh Valley. It is also linked to William Parsons, a surveyor and founder of Easton, and to George Taylor, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.","narrative":"Built between 1753 and 1757 on town lot No. 176 in Easton, this two-bay stone house of two and a half stories with a gable roof is a Georgian structure of random cut stone bonded with burnt limestone mortar. Its framing is pegged, with hand-made nails, and its first floor is a single large room with a circular stairway linking four levels. The house is considered a well-preserved example of the Delaware Valley variation of Georgian architecture, which was common in rural areas of the colony's eastern margin and in neighboring New Jersey. It is regarded as the only survivor of this style in the Lower Lehigh Valley. William Parsons, a surveyor and early associate of Benjamin Franklin, laid out Easton and died in the house in 1757. George Taylor, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and an ironmaster, leased the house in 1780 and died in its upstairs bedroom in 1781. The house was converted to a butcher shop in the 1870s before its rescue in 1906.","period_of_significance":"1753-1757","architect_builder":"William Parsons (architect)","architectural_style":"Georgian (Delaware Valley variation)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored and maintained by the George Taylor Chapter of the D.A.R. after being rescued from conversion to a butcher shop in 1906.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.863212-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003585.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003585/c1e569454b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003585/c1e569454b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Delos H. Smith","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parsons-Taylor_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Delos H. Smith</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parsons-Taylor_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"83002264","name":"Easton Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/easton-historic-district-83002264/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995385","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsons-Taylor_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3366061"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/northampton-county/parsons-taylor-house-80003585/"}