{"nrhp_refnum":"87000672","name":"Diehl, George, Homestead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E of US 422 on Diehl Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Indiana","county":"Indiana County","state":"PA","lat":40.60802214700004,"lon":-78.97866217699999,"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 two-story house in Cherryhill Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, built in two sections: a log main section dating to about 1835 and a frame addition dating to about 1850. It stands at the edge of open fields sloping down to Yellow Creek.","why_significant":"The house is described as the only known corner post log house in Indiana County and one of the few in western Pennsylvania. It is also regarded as one of the best preserved and largest log buildings in the county, and it is larger and better preserved than the county's notched log homes. Its corner post construction is presented as marking the western boundary of this building form in Pennsylvania.","narrative":"Set at the edge of open fields that slope toward Yellow Creek in Cherryhill Township, the George Diehl Homestead is a two-story house built in two stages. The main section is a log structure of square logs in corner post construction, dating to about 1835, set on a sandstone foundation with walls nearly two feet thick. A frame addition with a shed-roofed porch was added to its north side around 1850. Purchased by Martin Brechbill in 1835, the property passed in 1850 to George Diehl, an immigrant from the Duchy of Hesse, who owned it until his death in 1890. The house is regarded as the only known corner post log house in Indiana County and one of the few in western Pennsylvania. It is also distinguished as one of the best preserved and largest log buildings in the county. Its original hand-forged door hardware and whitewashed rafters remain largely intact, and the log walls were re-chinked in 1985 using matching mortar.","period_of_significance":"c. 1835-1850","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"The house has not been inhabited since about 1927, except for part-time use as a summer camp.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.799708-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/87000672.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000672/5533e00cc7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000672/5533e00cc7-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Diehl_Farmhouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Diehl_Farmhouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995021","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Diehl_Homestead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5538532"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/indiana-county/diehl-george-homestead-87000672/"}