{"nrhp_refnum":"93000353","name":"Woods, John, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4604 Monongahela St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pittsburgh","county":"Allegheny County","state":"PA","lat":40.41485840900003,"lon":-79.94466064799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-04-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A vernacular stone house built around 1792 on the southwest corner of Tullymet and Monongahela Streets in the Hazlewood section of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. It is a 2½ story, three-bay house of rubblestone banked into the bluff above the Monongahela River, with a mid-19th century frame addition on its east side.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a rare surviving late 18th-century vernacular stone house in Pittsburgh, one of very few 18th-century buildings remaining in the city. It is associated with John Woods, a lawyer and political figure who took part in the Whiskey Rebellion era, and with James O'Hara, a federal army quartermaster and early manufacturer who owned the house in 1798. Its stone construction and size are presented as unusual for the period.","narrative":"Built around 1792 of rubblestone with large quoins at the corners, this two-and-a-half-story, three-bay house stands on a bluff above the Monongahela River in Hazlewood, Pittsburgh. Its stone walls, banked into the slope, were unusual in a city where brick was favored by the commercial elite. The 1798 federal tax assessment recorded a stone house of about 24 by 30 feet with ten windows at this site, and it was owned by James O'Hara, an army quartermaster and pioneering manufacturer. John Woods, a lawyer and member of a prominent Pittsburgh family, later lived in the house and was involved in the political events of the Whiskey Rebellion. A mid-19th-century frame addition with Greek Revival detailing was built on the east side. The house is regarded as a rare survivor of late 18th-century vernacular building in Pittsburgh, and the Hazlewood section it occupies has long been industrial and residential in character.","period_of_significance":"C. 1792-1798","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"The house is currently vacant and in deteriorated condition.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.733775-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/93000353.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000353/aac05dc370-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000353/aac05dc370-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Lee Paxton","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JohnWoodsHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Lee Paxton</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JohnWoodsHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992246","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Woods_House_(Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6264842"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/allegheny-county/woods-john-house-93000353/"}