{"nrhp_refnum":"87000659","name":"Laughlin, Hugh, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"TR 422","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brownsville","county":"Fayette County","state":"PA","lat":39.99809122000005,"lon":-79.84098411299993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-04-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A free-standing coursed rubble sandstone house in Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, built in two sections: a two-story, three-bay Georgian stone house of c. 1785-1795 and a one-and-a-half-story addition of c. 1800-1810. A ruined springhouse stands about sixty feet north of the house.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be significant as a distinctive blend of regional Georgian plan and idiosyncratic details, including keyed arched lintels on the first-floor front facade that are unusual in the local area. Its interior, with a Georgian side hall plan and largely intact eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century woodwork and hardware, is described as exceptionally well preserved. It is also presented as the home of a late eighteenth/early nineteenth century gentleman farmer who owned slaves.","narrative":"Built in stages between about 1785 and 1810 near Brownsville in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, the Hugh Laughlin House is a coursed rubble sandstone dwelling. The older, two-story section is a three-bay Georgian house with a double pile, side hall plan, and the later one-and-a-half-story section adjoins it. Its main interest lies in the mix of regional planning and unusual detail. The plan and window arrangement follow the Georgian houses common in the county around 1800, but the keyed, arched first-floor openings on the front facade are unusual locally, and the built-in eave returns are a singular feature. The interior keeps its original plaster, oak flooring, six-panel doors, wrought iron hardware, and a large cooking fireplace with an iron swivel crane. The house is also associated with Hugh Laughlin, a gentleman farmer who owned four slaves in 1790.","period_of_significance":"1785-1810","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Altered in the 1950s renovation, including removal of late nineteenth-century additions and asbestos shingle roofing; the document describes the building as having good integrity.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.839828-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/87000659.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000659/f64c3f66f1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000659/f64c3f66f1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hugh_Laughlin_Farm_driveway.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hugh_Laughlin_Farm_driveway.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997976","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Laughlin_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5931430"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/fayette-county/laughlin-hugh-house-87000659/"}