{"nrhp_refnum":"85002474","name":"Gwynedd Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1244 Meetinghouse Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ambler","county":"Montgomery County","state":"PA","lat":40.20331469850004,"lon":-75.24490296550056,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-09-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Gwynedd Hall is a Greek Revival country residence on Meetinghouse Road in Lower Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, with a group of original outbuildings including an ice house, smoke house and carriage house. It was built as a farmhouse by Warder Cresson in 1824 and remodeled in 1852.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an architecturally important example of country Greek Revival architecture, with a temple-like pedimented portico and ironwork attributed to Philadelphia makers. It also shows the evolution of the estate from a working farm to a gentleman's country estate, and the core of the estate with its main buildings remains largely intact.","narrative":"Gwynedd Hall stands on Meetinghouse Road in Lower Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Warder Cresson, a Philadelphia-born farmer and member of the Society of Friends, built a three-story redstone farmhouse on the site in 1824. In 1852, Miers Busch commissioned a remodeling that added a two-story stone front with a pedimented portico supported by four Doric columns, and a rear addition with a pedimented gable. The side and front porches carry wrought iron railings that the nomination describes as an excellent example of Philadelphia ironwork. The house is regarded as an architecturally important example of country Greek Revival design in a rural setting. Its outbuildings, including a carriage house with its original pebble dash finish, date from 1824 and remain on about eight and one-half acres of the original homestead, giving a clear picture of a nineteenth-century rural estate.","period_of_significance":"1824; alt. 1852","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Occupied as a residence by the Wainwright family since 1934 according to the document.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.178405-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/85002474.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002474/4097ac2857-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85002474/4097ac2857-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Hshuvaeva","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gwynnedd_Hall.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Hshuvaeva</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:Gwynnedd_Hall.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996321","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwynedd_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5623819"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/montgomery-county/gwynedd-hall-85002474/"}