{"nrhp_refnum":"80003586","name":"Simon, Herman, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"41 N. 3rd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Easton","county":"Northampton County","state":"PA","lat":40.65663333700007,"lon":-75.20899174099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-06-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Art","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A French Chateau style detached dwelling of Indiana limestone on a granite base, on North Third Street in Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, now used by the YWCA. It was designed by William Morris Michler and built in 1902 for silk industrialist Herman Simon.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the finest mansion houses in Easton and an excellent example of the French Chateau style. It is also tied to Herman Simon, whose silk mills were regarded as leading industrial establishments of their time. The interior, with its hand-carved woodwork, stained glass, and imported materials, is cited as a notable feature.","narrative":"Built in 1902 on North Third Street in Easton, this French Chateau style house of Indiana limestone on a granite base was designed by William Morris Michler for Herman Simon, a German-born silk manufacturer whose mills in Union Hill, New Jersey, and Easton were among the largest of their kind. The interior holds the features that set it apart: a carved oak staircase, a library with a Spanish leather ceiling and a Caen stone fireplace, a dining room with a wild boar hunt painted on canvas, and Delft tiles in the kitchen. Stained glass by Nicola D'Ascenzo appears in the house, and the woodwork is hand carved in cherry, oak, and mahogany. Simon's home is regarded as one of the finest mansion houses in the city and an excellent example of its style. The YWCA acquired the residence in 1930 and later added rear additions in 1955 and 1971.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"William M. Michler (architect)","architectural_style":"French Chateau","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used by the YWCA, with offices and meeting rooms on lower floors and residents on upper floors","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.398247-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003586.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003586/1bafb337eb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003586/1bafb337eb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"KForce","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HermanSimonHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">KForce</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HermanSimonHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995375","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Simon_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15223714"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/northampton-county/simon-herman-house-80003586/"}