{"nrhp_refnum":"85000463","name":"Ely, Joshua, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Rittenhouse Circle","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Hope","county":"Bucks County","state":"PA","lat":40.35600654000007,"lon":-74.95792425299999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-03-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-section fieldstone farmhouse on a high ridge west of the Delaware River in New Hope, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, now used as a restaurant. The original core was built in the late 18th century and was later enlarged to the east in the early 19th century.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the last large \"Manor\" type residences left in the borough and reflects the wealth of the Ely family in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It is also presented as a rural farmhouse type that has largely disappeared as New Hope expanded, and as an example of vernacular building in which a recessed entrance is combined with a fashionable Federal-era door surround. The site is additionally associated with a Continental army redoubt from the 1776 encampment at Coryell's Ferry, though the document notes its location has not been physically confirmed.","narrative":"Built of fieldstone on a high ridge west of the Delaware River in New Hope, Pennsylvania, the Joshua Ely House began as a three-bay, center-hall dwelling in the last years of the eighteenth century. Its recessed entrance reflects an older form, while the panelled reveal and door surround show Federal-era influence. In the early nineteenth century a two-bay, two-story double-pile wing was added to the east, and the masons cut back the core's gable end so the new wing could seat against it. A one-story lean-to was later added to the west, and a stone and frame wing was added to the rear when the house became a restaurant in 1974. The house is regarded as a rare survivor of the large farmhouses that once characterized the area. Its construction shows how local builders adapted traditional forms while still incorporating current fashions. The farm is also associated with a Continental army redoubt from the 1776 encampment at Coryell's Ferry, a site known from local histories.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular with Federal-era door surround; colonial revival entrance added during restaurant conversion","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Converted to a restaurant in 1974; outbuildings have not survived; condominium complex developed on former farmland.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.59633-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/85000463.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000463/02f3b169fd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000463/02f3b169fd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Shuvaev","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_Bonne_Auberge,_New_Hope_PA_01.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Shuvaev</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:La_Bonne_Auberge,_New_Hope_PA_01.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992434","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Ely_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6289780"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/bucks-county/ely-joshua-house-85000463/"}