{"nrhp_refnum":"89000362","name":"Union Hotel","other_names":["Shepherdstown Hotel"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"240 Old Gettysburg Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Shepherdstown","county":"Cumberland County","state":"PA","lat":40.17804216400003,"lon":-76.99140982099993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-05-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, eight-bay brick inn in the village of Shepherdstown, Upper Allen Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, on the north corner of York Street (Pennsylvania Route 114) and the Old Gettysburg Road. It was built in 1860 by Abraham W. and Mary J. Zook.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the Union Hotel is significant as an excellently preserved 19th-century inn on a major early state road linking Harrisburg with Gettysburg and Maryland. It is presented as an example of the commercial enterprise that developed along that road after state efforts to improve transportation. Its interior and exterior remain largely intact after restoration work begun in 1983.","narrative":"Built in 1860 by Abraham W. and Mary J. Zook, the Union Hotel is a three-story, eight-bay brick inn on the highest inhabited hill in the village of Shepherdstown, Upper Allen Township, Cumberland County. Its Georgian form carries Greek Revival and Italianate details, including 36 wooden brackets beneath the front cornice. A cast iron railed platform rises from the roof peak, and an engraved sandstone eave stone bears the builders' names and the date. The inn was built to serve travelers on the new state road between Harrisburg and Gettysburg and points beyond the Maryland border, where it provided food, lodging and accommodation for salesmen and stock. It remained an active commercial inn until 1918, when Prohibition ended its heyday. Its largely original interior woodwork, including a walnut banister, and its exterior integrity make it a rare survivor of a mid-nineteenth-century rural inn. Restoration work from 1983 returned much of the building to its circa 1860 appearance.","period_of_significance":"1860-1918","architect_builder":"Abraham W. Zook and Mary J. Zook (builders)","architectural_style":"Georgian, modified by Greek Revival and Italianate details","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Restored; the nomination describes restoration beginning in 1983 and essentially complete, with the exterior and interior returned to about 95% of the original appearance.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.297689-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/89000362.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000362/0192193397-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000362/0192193397-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UNION_HOTEL,_SHEPHERDSTOWN,_CUMBERLAND_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UNION_HOTEL,_SHEPHERDSTOWN,_CUMBERLAND_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998141","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Hotel_(Shepherdstown,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7885774"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/cumberland-county/union-hotel-89000362/"}