{"nrhp_refnum":"83002283","name":"Grey, Zane, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Roebling Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lackawaxen","county":"Pike County","state":"PA","lat":41.485573404000036,"lon":-74.98727497299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-05-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Literature"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame house on a bluestone foundation at Lackawaxen, Pike County, Pennsylvania, just south of the confluence of the Lackawaxen and Delaware Rivers. The original 1905 south section was built by Romer Cedar Grey, and a 1912 north wing was added by Zane Grey.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its association with Zane Grey, described as America's most popular novelist of the Old West. It was where he began his writing career and composed a dozen early Western novels, including Riders of the Purple Sage, in the north study he added in 1912.","narrative":"Set on a bluestone foundation just south of where the Lackawaxen and Delaware Rivers meet in northeastern Pennsylvania, this two-story frame house was begun in 1905 by Romer Cedar Grey, brother of the novelist Zane Grey. Zane Grey, who had left a dental practice in New York City to write, moved in with his new wife, Lina Elise Roth, that year. In 1912, he added a north wing with a writing study, where he composed nine novels in longhand on a lap board, including Desert Gold and The Rainbow Trail. Grey's books sold in the tens of millions and were serialized in major magazines. The house is listed for its association with his career as the author who did most to define the popular image of the American West. The interior retains original trim, fireplaces, and a 1915 painted frieze of Southwest Indian motifs by the illustrator Lillian E. Wilhelm. It now holds a museum collection of Grey memorabilia.","period_of_significance":"1905-1918","architect_builder":"Romer Cedar Grey (Zane Grey's brother), builder of the 1905 house; Gottlieb Kuhn, builder of the 1912 north wing","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["B"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:34.565532-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/83002283.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83002283/ee865befb2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83002283/ee865befb2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zane_Grey_House,_Lackawaxen,_PA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</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:Zane_Grey_House,_Lackawaxen,_PA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996056","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zane_Grey_Museum","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8066104"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/pike-county/grey-zane-house-83002283/"}