{"nrhp_refnum":"90001413","name":"Brodbeck, S. B., Housing","other_names":["The Brick House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brodbecks","county":"York County","state":"PA","lat":39.770485009000026,"lon":-76.82713864399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-09-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-and-a-half-story brick mansard rowhouse of four units at Green Ridge (Brodbecks), York County, Pennsylvania, built in 1890-91 and known locally as the \"Brick House.\"","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is an unusual urban-style Late Victorian mansard rowhouse in a rural setting and is a good example of its type. It is also tied to Samuel B. Brodbeck, whose diversified business operations (grain, produce, creamery, ice, railroad-based trade) were important to the economic development of the Green Ridge community around the turn of the century.","narrative":"Built in 1890-91 at Green Ridge near Brodbecks in York County, Pennsylvania, this brick building contains four row house units under a mansard roof covered in fish scale slate. Its ornate features include molded and shaped brick, dental brickwork, a full-length balcony porch with a Queen Anne gingerbread railing, and four dormers in an eastern stick style. The slate roof carries the initials S.B.B. in red and white slates. It was built for workers in the business interests of Samuel B. Brodbeck, a local merchant, postmaster and shipper of farm produce, grain, coal and ice, whose operations were tied to the Western Maryland Railroad line that passes near the front of the building. The property is regarded as the most ambitious of his holdings and an unusual departure from the simple farm architecture common in the area. It is considered significant for its link to his economic influence and for its urban architecture in a rural setting, and it is recognized as remaining essentially unaltered since construction.","period_of_significance":"1890-1916","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian; Queen Anne; Mansard Rowhouse","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"The document states the building is in a state of disrepair and has never been altered; it remained rented to tenants and was electrified during the period of later ownership.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:35.989866-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/90001413.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001413/6a23670620-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001413/6a23670620-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SB_Brodbeck_Housing_Front_York_Co_PA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SB_Brodbeck_Housing_Front_York_Co_PA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994777","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._B._Brodbeck_Housing","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7387371"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/york-county/brodbeck-s-b-housing-90001413/"}