{"nrhp_refnum":"91000230","name":"Fisher, Adam, Homestead","other_names":["Artuso Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Brinkerton Rd. near jct. with Mt. Pleasant Rd., Mt. Pleasant Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"United","county":"Westmoreland County","state":"PA","lat":40.21934923100008,"lon":-79.50252056999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-02-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Federal-style farmhouse with an ell plan, cut sandstone foundation and double-story rear porch, with associated brick and frame outbuildings, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. It was built around 1837 by Adam Fisher III.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a fine example of Federal architecture in southwestern Pennsylvania, with original tiger maple graining on cupboards and doors and rare stenciling on baseboards and stairs that reflect Pennsylvania-German decorative traditions. It also cites its intact woodwork, horsehair plaster, fireplaces, and original hardware as evidence of the owners' investment in a fine homestead.","narrative":"Built around 1837 by Adam Fisher III, this two-story brick farmhouse in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, has an ell plan, a cut sandstone foundation, and a double-story rear porch. Its eight rooms retain original horsehair plaster, woodwork, oak floors, and seven fireplaces, and the brick walls are three bricks thick on the exterior. Outbuildings from the same period include a brick washhouse with summer kitchen, a smokehouse and coalhouse, and a frame Cooper's shed. The house is significant for its interior decoration. The formal parlor and upstairs rooms have tiger maple graining on cupboards and doors, and the hall and parlor baseboards carry hand-finished fruit and vine stenciling. The nomination describes this stenciling as unusual for Pennsylvania houses, with its style more closely tied to painted furniture than to walls. The house also shows Federal design in its elliptical fanlight, five-bay front, and carved bull's-eye lintels.","period_of_significance":"1837","architect_builder":"Adam Fisher III (builder)","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Recently resurfaced roof with asphalt shingles; a Victorian porch was added to the front; original graining and stenciling partly preserved.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.302969-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/91000230.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000230/8456c78170-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000230/8456c78170-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Canadian2006","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adam_Fisher_Homestead_Pa_2011.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian2006</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:Adam_Fisher_Homestead_Pa_2011.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998424","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Fisher_Homestead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4679051"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/westmoreland-county/fisher-adam-homestead-91000230/"}