{"nrhp_refnum":"82001540","name":"Barrett, Rufus, Stone House","other_names":["Flatiron Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"11 Boylston St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bradford","county":"McKean County","state":"PA","lat":41.95671162700006,"lon":-78.65004803599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Communications"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, flat-roofed, detached flatiron-shaped building in Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania, built as a law office on the first floor with a lawyer's residence on the second and third floors. It was built in 1903 by Rufus Barrett Stone, who occupied it until his death in 1929.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is an imaginative flatiron design and an example of turn-of-the-century brickmasonry skill, and that it survives in almost its original state. It also ties the building to Stone, a leading figure in the commercial, oil and industrial development of McKean County and in local politics and philanthropy.","narrative":"Built in 1903 as a combined law office and residence, this three-story, flat-roofed brick building occupies a triangular lot in Bradford where Tununguant Creek, East Washington Street and Boylston Street meet. Its walls are dry-pressed brick laid with raked joints, with foundations and decorative elements of native limestone and Genesee Valley bluestone, and brick and stone arched heads appear in the parapets. The front entrance sits at the sharp apex of the triangle beneath a one-story portico supported by Doric columns. Rufus Barrett Stone, a lawyer, built the structure and lived and worked there until his death in 1929. He was a leader in the early oil and industrial development of McKean County, serving as president of several companies, helping organize Bradford Hospital and the Carnegie Public Library, and founding the Bradford Evening Star. He was also active in Republican politics and served as U.S. Marshal in Mississippi during Reconstruction. The building is valued for its skilled masonry and its largely unaltered interior and exterior.","period_of_significance":"1903-1929","architect_builder":"Rufus Barrett Stone (builder)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Original purpose continues, and the building remains a prominent local landmark; the exterior and interior are said to be almost unchanged, with only the metal cornice noted as an exception.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.249326-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/82001540.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001540/b480f06bdc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001540/b480f06bdc-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barrett_House_Jun_09.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barrett_House_Jun_09.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"00001044","name":"Bradford Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/bradford-downtown-historic-district-00001044/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994737","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus_Barrett_Stone_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7378002"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/mckean-county/barrett-rufus-stone-house-82001540/"}