{"nrhp_refnum":"89000360","name":"Cameron, Col. James, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"PA 405/River Rd., SE of Milton","address_restricted":false,"city":"Milton","county":"Northumberland County","state":"PA","lat":41.002384566000046,"lon":-76.86157047199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-05-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Federal-style brick farmhouse with later additions on the Susquehanna River in West Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, near Milton Borough. The main two-and-one-half-story section was built between 1840 and 1842, with a circa 1860 two-story addition and a rear kitchen wing.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is locally important for its Federal-style architecture, which it describes as outstanding among nineteenth-century river-front homes in the area and as having unsurpassed integrity. It also argues the house is associated with James Cameron, a Milton-area figure of the mid-nineteenth century who was a brother of Simon Cameron and who died as a colonel in the Civil War.","narrative":"Built between 1840 and 1842 on a rise along the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, the James Cameron House is a brick farmhouse in West Chillisquaque Township, north of Milton Borough. Its main section is a three-bay, side-hall building of Flemish bond on the front, with a circa 1860 two-story addition and a frame kitchen at the rear. The interior retains plaster walls, pine floors, and fireplaces with formal mantels. The house was constructed for James Cameron, who purchased the 273-acre farm in 1840. He later served as colonel of the 79th New York Highlanders and was killed at the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861. The house is regarded as an outstanding example of Federal-style residential building in the river-front farms of the area, and it is noted for its well-preserved integrity.","period_of_significance":"1840-1842","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"The document describes the property as in excellent physical condition, with the Milton Historical Society as later owner in 1981.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.418756-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/89000360.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000360/65fd296af1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000360/65fd296af1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ruhrfisch","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colonel_James_Cameron_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ruhrfisch</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:Colonel_James_Cameron_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996576","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Col._James_Cameron_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5141769"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/northumberland-county/cameron-col-james-house-89000360/"}