{"nrhp_refnum":"80003625","name":"Lord House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"PA 739","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lords Valley","county":"Pike County","state":"PA","lat":41.36773695900007,"lon":-75.06322687699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-06-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick vernacular Georgian house with a stage coach stop and hotel function in Lords Valley, Pike County, Pennsylvania, built by Simeon Lord and completed in 1850.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is the only brick home in Blooming Grove Township built before modern times and one of few in Pike County. It served as the only United States Post Office in Lords Valley and as a stage coach stop, and members of the Lord family held local public offices and donated land for a school, a free cemetery and the fire department.","narrative":"Built in 1850 by Simeon Lord in Lords Valley, Pike County, the Lord House is a two-and-a-half-story brick building in vernacular Georgian form. Its walls are roughly twelve inches thick and were made from clay dug on the property and baked on site, and its floor joists and sills are oak cut by Simeon Lord at his sawmill. The house sat on the stage coach road and served as a stage stop and hotel, with a bar room, ballroom and garret sleeping quarters for travellers. From 1853 until 1955 it was the only United States Post Office in Lords Valley, and members of the Lord family held township offices including overseer of the poor, assessor, tax collector and supervisor. The family also gave land for the first school in the valley, a free cemetery open to all, and the site of the present volunteer fire department. The house is regarded as the only brick home in Blooming Grove Township built before modern times.","period_of_significance":"1850","architect_builder":"Simeon Lord","architectural_style":"Vernacular Georgian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Altered: porch pillars and railings replaced, a dormer added, two of seven fireplaces removed, and the rear barn/carriage house no longer present.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.000175-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003625.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003625/58c0d85d41-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003625/58c0d85d41-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Apc106","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lord_House_(2).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Apc106</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:Lord_House_(2).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996315","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6679388"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/pike-county/lord-house-80003625/"}