{"nrhp_refnum":"86000304","name":"White House Inn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"10111 Lincoln Way W","address_restricted":false,"city":"St. Thomas Township","county":"Franklin County","state":"PA","lat":39.90343476500004,"lon":-77.85390400799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-02-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The White House Inn is a former roadside inn and farmstead on the north side of US Route 30 between St. Thomas and Ft. Loudon in St. Thomas Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, set on high ground at the base of Mt. Parnell. The two-part stone building is a two-story, five-bay stuccoed main section dated to the first decade of the 19th century, joined to an older one-and-a-half-story rubble stone wing.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the inn is a well preserved example of a 19th century inn on an early turnpike between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, illustrating travel and commerce of that era. It is also significant as a little-altered example of early 19th century regional architecture combining Georgian form with Federal decorative elements, including an original bar and registration desk and a largely intact second-floor sleeping room.","narrative":"Built by Patrick McDowell between 1804 and 1807 on high ground at the base of Mt. Parnell, the two-story stuccoed stone inn faces south over the Cumberland Valley. A one-and-a-half-story rubble stone wing at the rear predates it, probably dating to the later 18th century and built by William McDowell. The interior retains much of its early woodwork, including part of the original bar and registration desk in the barroom, reeded mantelpieces, and a central stair hall. The second-floor sleeping room, partitioned in the late 19th century, still shows the original plan. The inn served travelers on the Chambersburg and Bedford Turnpike, part of the route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, and an 1868 atlas showed eight hotels along the road between Chambersburg and Ft. Loudon. It is valued for its rare survival of an inn's public and sleeping arrangements.","period_of_significance":"c. 1805","architect_builder":"Patrick McDowell","architectural_style":"Georgian form with Federal elements","criteria":["A","C"],"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 17:11:34.616829-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86000304.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000304/38b4745645-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000304/38b4745645-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White_House_Inn.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White_House_Inn.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998262","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Inn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7994887"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/franklin-county/white-house-inn-86000304/"}