{"nrhp_refnum":"89000359","name":"McClelland Homestead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"McClelland Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bessemer","county":"Lawrence County","state":"PA","lat":40.993661761000055,"lon":-80.45076046999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-05-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story five-bay brick farmhouse with an 89-acre farm setting in Bessemer, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, with a barn and machinery shop included as contributing outbuildings. The house was originally built in the 1840s and substantially enlarged in 1879.","why_significant":"The house is regarded as a fine and more highly ornamented example of the vernacular Federal style in the area, with a unique central pseudo-Palladian window arrangement. The original portion is larger and in better condition than other early houses in the township, and the farm is described as one of the few intact farmsteads remaining there.","narrative":"A two-story, five-bay brick farmhouse in Bessemer, Lawrence County, the McClelland house was built in the 1840s on an 89-acre farm and enlarged in 1879, when a second Italianate porch and a northern section were added. Its elliptical fanlights, flat stone lintels and carved walnut stairway reflect the Federal style, while the central second-story window, flanked by narrow sidelights and a fan-shaped transom, is unusual for the district. The house is larger and more ornamented than contemporary houses in the township, and retains much of its original interior moldings and plaster. Two outbuildings, a barn and a machinery shop, are included for their mid-1800s oak framing and original siting near the house. William McClelland owned the property from 1807 to 1848, and his son Joseph McClelland owned it from 1848 to 1895 and supervised the 1879 work. The farm is an important local example of mid-nineteenth-century vernacular architecture.","period_of_significance":"c. 1840-1879","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["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 17:11:37.450802-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/89000359.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000359/498374a02e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000359/498374a02e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"User:Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McClelland_Homestead_centering_on_house.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McClelland_Homestead_centering_on_house.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996800","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McClelland_Homestead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6800327"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lawrence-county/mcclelland-homestead-89000359/"}