{"nrhp_refnum":"91000228","name":"Spruce Creek Rod and Gun Club","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"PA 45 W of Graysville, Franklin Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Franklinville","county":"Huntingdon County","state":"PA","lat":40.674693019000074,"lon":-78.04731995546894,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-02-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rustic Colonial Revival clubhouse with three stone outbuildings on a ten-acre parcel south of Route 45 in Franklin Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, overlooking Spruce Creek Valley. The buildings were constructed between 1905 and 1930.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the club is significant for its recreational history, as a fishing and hunting club founded by Altoona businessmen to secure exclusive fishing rights and stock Spruce Creek with trout. It also cites the clubhouse's architecture, designed by the Altoona firm of Schollar and Hersch, as an interesting blend of Colonial Revival and rustic design suited to its location and purpose.","narrative":"Built between 1905 and 1930 on a hillock above Spruce Creek in Franklin Township, Huntingdon County, the Spruce Creek Rod and Gun Club centres on a two-and-one-half story clubhouse of local field stone and lumber with gambrel roofs and shed dormers. Altoona businessmen founded the club in 1904 to secure exclusive fishing privileges on several farms in the valley, and it acquired its land in 1905 to build a clubhouse and trout hatcheries. Members worked with the Pennsylvania State Fish Hatchery in Bellefonte to stock the creek, and the club's efforts are credited with introducing German Brown Trout there. The clubhouse was designed by the Altoona firm of Schollar and Hersch and combines Colonial Revival form with rustic stonework. Its interiors retain original furnishings, including Mission Style pieces. The club has operated continuously for roughly eighty years, and its architecture is regarded as an unusual blend of Colonial Revival and rustic design suited to its setting.","period_of_significance":"1905-1940","architect_builder":"Frederic James Schollar and Frank A. Hersch (Schollar and Hersch, Altoona firm)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The club has operated continuously since its inception and retains a high degree of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.780395-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/91000228.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000228/7b11d87775-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000228/7b11d87775-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spruce_Creek_Rod_and_Gun_Club_Huntingdon_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:Spruce_Creek_Rod_and_Gun_Club_Huntingdon_Co_PA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995623","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spruce_Creek_Rod_and_Gun_Club","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7581399"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/huntingdon-county/spruce-creek-rod-and-gun-club-91000228/"}