{"nrhp_refnum":"85000472","name":"Patterson, Samuel, House","other_names":["Kozar House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"RD 1 - Box 155 on PA 981","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Alexandria","county":"Westmoreland County","state":"PA","lat":40.39953549000006,"lon":-79.42194627799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-03-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-bay brick farmhouse on a knoll overlooking U.S. Route 22 (the Northern Pike) in New Alexandria, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, with a Flemish-bond front and common-bond sides. The form attributes its construction to Samuel Patterson, a carpenter and builder, probably in 1846.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a rural adaptation of the Greek Revival style and one of the few such dwellings remaining in the New Alexandria area. Its largely intact interior, including original woodwork, mantels, doors and a tiger-maple grain painting, is cited as rare survival from its period. The document also notes Patterson's reputation as a renowned local builder.","narrative":"Built in brick in New Alexandria, Pennsylvania, this five-bay farmhouse stands on a knoll above what was the Northern Pike, now U.S. Route 22. Local records suggest Samuel Patterson, a carpenter who became the largest contractor in the community, built it for his own household in 1846 on eighteen acres of a larger farm tract. Its Flemish-bond front and Georgian massing carry Greek Revival trim, including reeded columns, bullseye corner blocks and tiered mantel shelves, executed in a country manner. The interior remains largely intact, with original tongue-and-groove oak floors, hair plaster walls, period doors and hardware, and four original mantels. The upstairs east bedroom retains tiger-maple grain painting, a decorative survival that records earlier interior colors. The house is valued for its rarity as a surviving rural Greek Revival dwelling in the district and for its unusually complete woodwork.","period_of_significance":"1846-1880","architect_builder":"Samuel Patterson (builder/architect)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival (rural/vernacular adaptation)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Excellent condition with about 40% restored; the form notes at least 75% of the interior is intact and that the 1978 owners removed a second-story ell porch and added a bedroom and bath.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:34.54971-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/85000472.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000472/649e8554bc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000472/649e8554bc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Generic1139","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Patterson_House_north_and_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:Samuel_Patterson_House_north_and_west.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996686","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Patterson_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7412369"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/westmoreland-county/patterson-samuel-house-85000472/"}