{"nrhp_refnum":"80003595","name":"Dunbar-Creigh House","other_names":["Lawrence Inn"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Water St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Landisburg","county":"Perry County","state":"PA","lat":40.34180506400003,"lon":-77.30678297899993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-06-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and one-half story stone house on Water Street in Landisburg, Perry County, Pennsylvania, built between 1794 and 1809 with a small frame summer kitchen attached to its rear wall. It later served as the Lawrence Inn and coach stop.","why_significant":"The nomination describes it as a fine example of an early stone residence. It is also significant for its use as an inn and coach stop and as the home of John Dunbar Creigh, an early Perry County lawyer. The house also housed the Recorder of Deeds office while Landisburg was the county seat.","narrative":"Built of native Perry County stone between 1794 and 1809 by John Dunbar, this two and one-half story house stands on a hillside lot facing Water Street in Landisburg. It has a gable roof, a stone foundation, and nine-over-nine windows with pegged frames. Interior woodwork includes original six-panel doors, pegged beams, and horsehair plaster walls. In its early years the house held the Recorder of Deeds office while Landisburg was the county seat, which ended in 1827 when the records moved to Bloomfield. Around 1820 it operated as the Lawrence Inn and coach stop, and in 1834 the lawyer John Dunbar Creigh bought it. Creigh was the first lawyer admitted to the Perry County bar. The house is valued for its early stone construction and its connection to the county's early legal and political life.","period_of_significance":"1794-1809","architect_builder":"John Dunbar","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Altered; the form notes asbestos and tin roofing that are not original, and later porches and a terrace.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.20126-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003595.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003595/b7ac3db313-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003595/b7ac3db313-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dunbar_Creigh.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dunbar_Creigh.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996149","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar-Creigh_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5314125"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/perry-county/dunbar-creigh-house-80003595/"}