{"nrhp_refnum":"83002245","name":"Findlay Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6801 Findlay Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lamasters","county":"Franklin County","state":"PA","lat":39.830828997000026,"lon":-77.86491492999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-04-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A circa 1825-1830 two-and-a-half story rubble limestone farmhouse with a later frame barn and wooden silo on Findlay Road, about two miles east of Mercersburg in Peters Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.","why_significant":"The house is argued to embody the distinctive features of rural domestic architecture of Franklin County in the second quarter of the nineteenth century, with Greek Revival influenced interior detailing, notably the mantelpieces in the first-floor parlors. The house is said to retain a high degree of interior integrity. The property also has local significance through its association with the Findlay family, including Governor William Findlay.","narrative":"Along the east bank of the Conococheague Creek, about two miles east of Mercersburg in Peters Township, Franklin County, stands a two-and-a-half-story house of roughly coursed native limestone, built about 1825-1830. Its five-bay symmetrical front has a one-story frame porch spanning the full length of the elevation, and its roof is sheathed in asphalt shingles. A central stair hall divides four rooms on each main floor. The woodwork is consistent throughout, with molded architraves and decorated corner blocks, and the attic and cellar are completely finished. The house is regarded as an excellent example of a rural type of the second quarter of the nineteenth century, and its first-floor parlor mantelpieces show craftsmanship with Greek Revival influence. Local significance also attaches to the property through its early ownership by the Findlay family, including Governor William Findlay of Pennsylvania.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival influenced","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The house had undergone little alteration over the years and has been restored; shutters have been rehung on original hinge pins.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.236722-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/83002245.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83002245/f5669f73c8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83002245/f5669f73c8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Findley_Farm,_Peters_Twp,_Franklin_County,_Pa.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.</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:Findley_Farm,_Peters_Twp,_Franklin_County,_Pa.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996223","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Findlay_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5449985"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/franklin-county/findlay-farm-83002245/"}