{"nrhp_refnum":"92001721","name":"Hough, John and Phineas, House","other_names":["Twin Arches"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"20 Moyer Rd., Lower Makefield Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Yardley","county":"Bucks County","state":"PA","lat":40.228619682000044,"lon":-74.83324051899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-12-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A stone Federal-style house with a two-bay arcade of two Roman arches in its facade, located on a 1.14-acre lot in Lower Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with a springhouse and a former barn site. The original two-bay stone section dates to about 1700 and was enlarged about 1840.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house embodies a vernacular Federal style through its three-stage development, and that its arcade of two Roman arches is unusual in private houses and peculiar to Bucks County. It also incorporates what the nomination describes as the oldest documented stone house in Bucks County.","narrative":"Built in stages on a Lower Makefield Township lot in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, this stone house began about 1700 as a two-bay dwelling built by Richard Hough the Elder. In 1801 his great-grandson John Hough added an arcade of two Roman arches to the facade, and about 1840 his son Phineas Hough added a two-bay side-hall section to the east, unified under one roofline and cornice. The original great parlor, with its stone fireplace, windows, moldings and enclosed staircase, survives. The Roman arches are an unusual feature in private houses, and six houses in the area share the feature. The house is regarded as an excellent example of the vernacular Federal style with Roman arches, and it is valued for showing how Bucks County builders extended earlier houses in the Federal manner.","period_of_significance":"1801-1840","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republican - Federal (vernacular Federal style)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Modernized in the 1940s with electricity, plumbing, central heating and a reproduction fireplace; the form describes the house as occupied and in use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:35.982093-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/92001721.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001721/2d74cf8ab3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001721/2d74cf8ab3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Shuvaev","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_and_Phineas_Hough_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Shuvaev</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:John_and_Phineas_Hough_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998832","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_and_Phineas_Hough_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6265431"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/bucks-county/hough-john-and-phineas-house-92001721/"}