{"nrhp_refnum":"95000114","name":"Boughner, Alexander V., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of Second and Minor Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Greensboro","county":"Greene County","state":"PA","lat":39.791662882000026,"lon":-79.91384011999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-03-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-bay, two-and-a-half story frame house on the southeast corner of Second and Minor streets in Greensboro, Greene County, Pennsylvania, built c. 1857 facing north onto Minor Street. It is built on the I house floor plan and displays elements of the Greek Revival style.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a good example of a modest, vernacular Greek Revival residence in the Greensboro area, with its I house plan and retained Greek Revival facade and fireplace surrounds. It is presented as representative of the local residence type tied to the area's mid-nineteenth-century stoneware and commercial prosperity. Its owner, Alexander Vance Boughner, was a potter and merchant, and the house is regarded as a significant example in the area despite its modest scale.","narrative":"Built c. 1857 on Lot 39 in Greensboro, Pennsylvania, this three-bay, two-and-a-half story frame house faces north onto Minor Street from a bluff above the Monongahela River. It follows the I house floor plan, with two parlors on the first floor, a small hall and enclosed staircase, and only one window per floor on each narrow gable end. Its vernacular Greek Revival features include pedimented window surrounds, wide cornices with returns, and chamfered pilasters and raised panels around the parlor fireplaces. The house was built for Alexander Vance Boughner, a potter and dealer in stoneware who later became a storekeeper and merchant and was appointed postmaster of Greensboro in 1885. The house is significant as a representative example of mid-nineteenth-century vernacular Greek Revival architecture in the Greensboro area, a community whose growth was tied to river transportation and the stoneware industry.","period_of_significance":"C. 1857","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.971583-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/95000114.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000114/5907b59bcf-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000114/5907b59bcf-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Generic1139","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_V_Boughner_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Generic1139</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:Alexander_V_Boughner_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"95000118","name":"Greensboro Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/greensboro-historic-district-95000118/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992977","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_V._Boughner_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4720282"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/greene-county/boughner-alexander-v-house-95000114/"}