{"nrhp_refnum":"92000931","name":"Weidenboerner, John E., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"20 N. St. Michael St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"St. Mary's","county":"Elk County","state":"PA","lat":41.42926799000003,"lon":-78.56218700199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-07-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A detached two-story brick residence in the Italianate style in St. Mary's, Elk County, Pennsylvania, built in 1880 on a rise adjacent to the central business district. It was later used as a Girl Scout center.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a locally significant example of Italianate residential architecture in a rural community where the style is poorly represented. It is also described as the town's most intact building arising from the July 25, 1880 fire, and as a local landmark tied to merchant John E. Weidenboerner.","narrative":"Built in 1880 on a rise near the downtown of St. Mary's, Pennsylvania, this two-story brick house is an Italianate residence with a stone foundation, a five-bay facade and a centered double doorway. Its veranda is supported by turned and sawn posts, and a corbeled brick cornice treatment marks the facade. The house was built by merchant John E. Weidenboerner (1835-1914) after the July 25, 1880 fire that destroyed much of the downtown, and it is described as the town's most intact building from that rebuilding. Inside, the central hall, monumental straight-run stair with walnut newel, heavy woodwork and original plaster crown molding survive. The residence was occupied by the Weidenboerner family and heirs until 1950, and from 1953 it has served as the local Girl Scout council's center. Its local importance rests on its architectural character and its link to the post-fire recovery of the community.","period_of_significance":"1881","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Used as a Girl Scout center since 1953; rehabilitated beginning in 1990","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.085046-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/92000931.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000931/58ca219e5a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000931/58ca219e5a-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_E._Weidenboerner_House_Apr_12.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_E._Weidenboerner_House_Apr_12.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"98001368","name":"St. Marys Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/st-marys-historic-district-98001368/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998250","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Weidenboerner_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6230976"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/elk-county/weidenboerner-john-e-house-92000931/"}