{"nrhp_refnum":"85000034","name":"Harvey, Nathan, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"425-427 S. Water St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mill Hall","county":"Clinton County","state":"PA","lat":41.110136874000034,"lon":-77.48472129699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-01-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A detached two-story, seven-bay, rectangular stone dwelling at 425-427 South Water Street in Mill Hall, Clinton County, Pennsylvania, on the east slope of Bald Eagle Ridge. It was built circa 1804 and is one of the few remaining stone houses in the Bald Eagle Valley.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is the only remaining structure associated with Nathan Harvey, the first settler and founder of Mill Hall. It is described as the oldest house in the original town plot and as a characteristic Georgian-plan stone dwelling. Later owner John P. Salmon is linked to the early anthracite iron furnace work of Benjamin Perry.","narrative":"Built circa 1804 by Nathan Harvey, the first settler of Mill Hall, this two-story, seven-bay stone house stands on a rise above Fishing Creek at the Mill Hall gap in the Bald Eagle Ridge. Its random fieldstone walls, rough-cut stone quoins, two-over-two windows and symmetrical Georgian plan follow patterns common to the few surviving stone houses of the Bald Eagle Valley. Harvey built a grist mill across the creek in 1804, and the mill's operation gave the town its name. The house is the only surviving structure tied to Harvey, who also founded a store, sawmill, blacksmith shop and hotel, none of which remain. Later owner John P. Salmon, from 1852 to 1892, is linked to the first anthracite blast iron furnace in Pennsylvania. The house had suffered neglect, and new owners planned its restoration.","period_of_significance":"circa 1804","architect_builder":"Nathan Harvey (builder)","architectural_style":"Georgian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Deteriorated and altered; rear additions in poor condition are scheduled for removal; under new ownership and planned for restoration.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.456361-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/85000034.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000034/8cfa733c2b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000034/8cfa733c2b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ruhrfisch","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nathan_Harvey_House_3.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ruhrfisch</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:Nathan_Harvey_House_3.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996564","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Harvey_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6969116"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/clinton-county/harvey-nathan-house-85000034/"}