{"nrhp_refnum":"85002393","name":"Mortonville Hotel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Strasburg Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Coatesville","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":39.94693014600006,"lon":-75.77780156299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-09-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A hotel building in Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The surviving pages do not state its construction date, builder or physical form.","why_significant":"The available text is mostly blank form headings and garbled fragments, so the specific grounds for significance cannot be confirmed from it. The fragments suggest the building was recognized for its role as a place of lodging and public gathering, but they do not explain this in detail.","narrative":"This hotel in Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, is a building-category resource. The surviving record describes it only in general terms. Its physical form, materials and any later alterations are not described in enough detail to be set out here, and no construction date or designer is recorded in the material available. Its recognition rests on its use as a place of lodging and public gathering in the community, a function that served travelers, local residents and businesses. Those reasons were judged sufficient for the building to be recognized as historically important. Beyond this general context, the specific events associated with its operation, the names of its nineteenth and early twentieth century proprietors, and any changes made over time cannot be confirmed from the surviving pages. Readers seeking more detail should consult the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office files and local historical society holdings for Chester County.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"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 17:11:32.60778-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/85002393.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002393/80cd5a858e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002393/80cd5a858e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones at English Wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mortonville_Hotel.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones at English Wikipedia</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mortonville_Hotel.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992741","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortonville_Hotel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15256389"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/mortonville-hotel-85002393/"}