{"nrhp_refnum":"82003790","name":"Taylor, Phillip, House","other_names":["Pennsylvania Memorial Home"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Euclid Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brookville","county":"Jefferson County","state":"PA","lat":41.15103177000003,"lon":-79.08016873899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-07-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Italian Villa residence in Brookville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, with a hipped roof, a glazed belvedere, and an ornamented wood porch, built c.1841 by Phillip Taylor.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a fine example of Italian Villa architecture, a style popular in the East and Midwest before the Civil War, and that it is one of the finest residences in Brookville. It also cites Taylor's role as an early lumber industrialist and organizer of the National Bank of Brookville, and the building's long use as a nursing facility for the aged from 1890 until the 1970s.","narrative":"Built around 1841 by Phillip Taylor, a York County native who settled in Brookville, this two-story brick house stands on a knoll overlooking Sandy Lick Creek and the town. It is an Italian Villa residence with a hipped roof, a glazed belvedere, round-arched doorway, paired cornice brackets, and an open wood porch with bracketry and molded pillars. Taylor operated two lumber mills in the Red Bank valley, served as a director of the Red Bank Navigation Co., and was first president of the National Bank of Brookville. He also served as an associate judge from 1866 to 1871. From 1890 until the 1970s the house was used as a nursing facility for the aged, a long humanitarian association that adds to its importance in the town. Its architecture is considered one of the finest in Brookville, with its facade and belvedere largely unaltered from the original.","period_of_significance":"c.1841","architect_builder":"Phillip Taylor (builder)","architectural_style":"Italian Villa","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used as a nursing facility until the 1970s and later used as a retirement center; the document does not state its current condition.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:13:14.170308-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/82003790.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003790/6ef388858a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003790/6ef388858a-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phillip_Taylor_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phillip_Taylor_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994781","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Taylor_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7185827"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/jefferson-county/taylor-phillip-house-82003790/"}