{"nrhp_refnum":"92000990","name":"Melchinger, Englehart, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dover","county":"York County","state":"PA","lat":40.00174026700006,"lon":-76.85038870999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-08-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and one-half story brick house located next to the northeast corner of the square in Dover Borough, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1852 and is a rectangular building with Greek Revival and Italianate features.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the best and few remaining mid-nineteenth century high-style buildings in Dover, with cast-iron window lintels described as the sole example of decorative cast-iron trim in the community. It also cites its association with Englehart Melchinger, the borough's postmaster, and its well-preserved original condition and integrity compared with neighboring vernacular houses.","narrative":"Built about 1852 in Dover Borough, the brick house stands beside the square and combines Greek Revival and Italianate design. Washington Rodgers, a local brick mason, erected it with three-layer brick walls, a slate gable roof and a central entrance on the west facade. Its most distinctive features are cast-iron window lintels decorated with scrolled acanthus leaves, which the nomination describes as the only decorative cast-iron trim in Dover architecture, along with heavy scroll brackets, a panelled frieze and a Doric entrance portico. Englehart Melchinger, the borough's postmaster from 1834 to 1862, is associated with the house, and the house was used as a Dover National Bank location from 1909 to 1924. Its high-style decoration and largely intact original fabric set it apart from the plainer vernacular Pennsylvania German houses around it.","period_of_significance":"C. 1852","architect_builder":"Washington Rodgers (builder)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival; Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used for church offices, Sunday School, meetings and a private second-floor apartment; described as in good condition with good integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:35.66403-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/92000990.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000990/2be96bca51-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92000990/2be96bca51-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Englehart_Melchinger_House_Dover_PA_front.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:Englehart_Melchinger_House_Dover_PA_front.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995256","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Englehart_Melchinger_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5378089"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/york-county/melchinger-englehart-house-92000990/"}