{"nrhp_refnum":"84003179","name":"Noon, Philip, House","other_names":["YMCA Building of Ebensburg","Phillip Collins House","Noon-Collin"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"114 E. High St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ebensburg","county":"Cambria County","state":"PA","lat":40.48474929300005,"lon":-78.72434820899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-08-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Transportation","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A former residence at 114 E. High Street in Ebensburg, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, built in 1834 with later additions, including a gymnasium annex added in 1906-1907 when it was converted to a YMCA.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the few remaining Federal style structures in Cambria County and reflects Late Georgian and Adamesque design. It is also tied to Judge Philip Noon, an early county official, and to Philip Collins, a railroad builder whose firm worked on major projects including an unsuccessful Brazilian railroad venture. The building later served the community as a youth center, library and historical society site.","narrative":"Built in 1834 at the centre of Ebensburg next to the courthouse, this stone house with a gymnasium annex is one of the few surviving Federal style buildings in Cambria County. Its five-bay symmetrical front, central entrance with fan-light windows, massive chimneys and dressed stone corners reflect Late Georgian and Adamesque design adapted to local materials and craftsmanship. The house was built for Philip Noon, who served as county sheriff, treasurer, prothonotary and associate judge. Later it was the home of his son-in-law Philip Collins, a railroad builder whose firm constructed tunnels and lines across Pennsylvania and attempted a railroad in Brazil. Acquired in 1905, it became a YMCA with a gymnasium completed in 1907. The building served the town's youth and civic groups for seventy years and was later used as a library and historical society museum. It has been unoccupied since 1977.","period_of_significance":"1834-1907","architect_builder":"Philip Noon, Esq. (builder)","architectural_style":"Federal; Late Georgian and Adamesque influences","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Unoccupied since 1977 according to the document, with the borough offering the property for sale subject to restoration covenants (March 1984).","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.451438-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/84003179.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003179/dc00092281-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003179/dc00092281-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Generic1139","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Philip_Noon_House_west.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Generic1139</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:Philip_Noon_House_west.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100004163","name":"Ebensburg Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/ebensburg-historic-district-100004163/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995407","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Noon_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7184148"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/cambria-county/noon-philip-house-84003179/"}