{"nrhp_refnum":"82003777","name":"Dale, Felix, Stone House","other_names":["L.R. Parks House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Rt. 871","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lemont","county":"Centre County","state":"PA","lat":40.803180601000065,"lon":-77.81330763599993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-04-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A gabled, five-bay Georgian-styled stone farmhouse overlooking Spring Creek near Lemont in Centre County, Pennsylvania. It was completed in 1823 by Felix Dale beside his family's mills.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is architecturally significant for a variation on the Georgian center hall plan, with a shortened kitchen wing, a rear veranda, and high-quality original woodwork. It also cites the Dale family's role in early milling, settlement and transportation in the county.","narrative":"Built in 1823 by Felix Dale beside his mills along Spring Creek near Lemont, this gabled, five-bay stone farmhouse is laid in coursed rubble with quoined corners. Its front follows a Georgian center hall layout, but the wing to the right of the hall is shorter than usual, apparently intended as a kitchen rather than a drawing room, giving the plan an unusual asymmetry. A rear veranda with squared posts and a shed roof follows the back of the house. Inside, original moldings, doors, stair rails and mantelpieces survive, including carved stair brackets and an ornate upstairs mantel with Ionic columns. The Dale family's milling operation shaped settlement, transportation and farming in the area between Lemont and Oak Hall. Felix's father, Christian Dale, was among the first settlers in the county. The house is valued for its craftsmanship and its unusual plan.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Exterior is generally intact and interior is described as in excellent condition; the form also marks the resource as altered and notes the mills have been removed.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.718408-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/82003777.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003777/f94a62b4e2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003777/f94a62b4e2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Ruhrfisch","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Felix_Dale_Stone_House_03.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ruhrfisch</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Felix_Dale_Stone_House_03.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996227","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Dale_Stone_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5442182"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/centre-county/dale-felix-stone-house-82003777/"}