{"nrhp_refnum":"91001122","name":"Davies, Edward, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S side of PA 23, W of Water St., Caernarvon Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Churchtown","county":"Lancaster County","state":"PA","lat":40.13380988000006,"lon":-75.96015609499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-09-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half story stone Federal style house on the south side of Main Street (PA Route 23) in Churchtown, Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It combines a former shop and a dwelling under one roof, with a rear kitchen wing.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an excellent example of regional Federal residential architecture, notable for its fanlight doorway, keystone window arches, and carved woodwork. It is described as an outstanding representative of brownstone vernacular buildings in and around Churchtown, and it retains a high level of integrity. Edward Davies used it as his dwelling and shop from about 1805 until his death in 1853.","narrative":"Stone Federal house in the village of Churchtown, Caernarvon Township, built in two adjoining sections of sandstone that were combined under one roof around 1805. Edward Davies, a local shopkeeper and postmaster, used the eastern part as a shop and the western part as his dwelling until his death in 1853. He later served in the State Legislature and in Congress. The house is significant for its Federal details, including a recessed pedimented doorway with a pointed fanlight, stone quoins, keystone lintels, unusual carved H-fret cornice trim, a graceful open string staircase, and carved mantels with reeded pilasters. The nomination regards it as an outstanding local example of the style, with a high degree of integrity despite alterations, among them a 1987 conversion to an inn and a 1989 rear infill addition.","period_of_significance":"1805-1815","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Residential use with a bed-and-breakfast conversion in 1987; the document describes the house as in excellent condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.489392-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/91001122.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001122/a669bf71c7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001122/a669bf71c7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Churchtown_Inn_LanCo_PA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</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:Churchtown_Inn_LanCo_PA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995049","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Davies_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5342538"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lancaster-county/davies-edward-house-91001122/"}