{"nrhp_refnum":"93000715","name":"D & H Canal Co. Office","other_names":["Roebling Inn"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Scenic Dr., NW side, Lackawaxen Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lackawaxen","county":"Pike County","state":"PA","lat":41.483591700000034,"lon":-74.98667646599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-08-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half story Greek Revival wood frame building in the village of Lackawaxen, Pike County, Pennsylvania, on the west bank of the Delaware River. It was built ca. 1855 and originally served as a Delaware and Hudson Canal Company office and residence.","why_significant":"The building is associated with the Delaware and Hudson Canal and its local administration, including a local superintendent who lived there. It is also regarded as one of the most impressive local examples of Greek Revival architecture in the Upper Delaware valley, retaining a high degree of original fabric.","narrative":"Built ca. 1855 as a two-and-a-half story, five-bay Greek Revival house in Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, the building stands on the west bank of the Delaware River. Its clapboard walls, wide frieze band, central entrance with transom and sidelights, and six-over-six windows with plain trim reflect the style. The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company is believed to have built it, and local tradition holds that it served as the company's Lackawaxen office from about 1860 until the 1890s. Thomas Ridgway, the local canal superintendent, lived there from about 1876 until his death in 1888, and he kept a tally of lumber rafts passing the Lackawaxen Dam and Delaware Aqueduct. After the canal closed in 1898, the building became a family residence and boarding house. It was converted to a bed and breakfast in 1985 with minimal interior changes, and the building is valued for its intact 19th-century plaster and clapboard fabric.","period_of_significance":"ca.1855-1898","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Adaptively reused as a bed and breakfast inn in 1985 without exterior alteration; all buildings are described as in well maintained condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:35.86794-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/93000715.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000715/00e42cbb37-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000715/00e42cbb37-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D_%26_H_Canal_Co_House,_Lackawaxen,_PA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</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:D_%26_H_Canal_Co_House,_Lackawaxen,_PA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314361","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_and_Hudson_Canal_Company_Office","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5253427"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/pike-county/d-and-h-canal-co-office-93000715/"}