{"nrhp_refnum":"95000126","name":"Welsh-Emery House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"114 Emery Rd., Centerville Borough","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richeyville","county":"Washington County","state":"PA","lat":40.049401921000026,"lon":-80.00096116799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-03-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large stone farmhouse on a level lot beside the National Pike (Rt. 40) at the edge of Richeyville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, remodeled in 1878 and 1909 into a Classical Revival residence with a two-story portico. It sits with a contributing 1890 barn and a non-contributing ca. 1950 carriage house.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is the richest, largest-scale and most detailed residential Classical Revival example in Washington County, with a two-story portico on Corinthian columns that it considers unusual for a pre-1920 house in the county. It also traces the house's evolution from a 1815 stone structure through successive expansions that reflect the shift from traditional farming to gentleman farming tied to the Welsh family's coal-rights income.","narrative":"Set on a level lot beside the National Pike at the edge of Richeyville, this stone farmhouse was begun about 1815 as a three-bay structure built by William Welsh, a county justice who kept his office in it. Expansions in 1878 for Joseph B. Welsh, a state assemblyman, enlarged it to five bays, and in 1909 Geraldine and Helen Emery added the present two-story portico on Corinthian columns, a balustraded terrace, and a Spanish tile roof with dormers and three cut stone chimneys. Its ashlar walls, double-sash windows and bevelled glass doors are largely original to 1909, and the interior trim and open oak-and-mahogany staircase date from the same remodeling. The house is regarded as the most detailed residential Classical Revival example in the county, and its portico is considered rare among pre-1920 houses there. Its large level setting and the adjoining 1890 barn also reflect the family's move from farming toward gentleman farming.","period_of_significance":"1815-1909","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Classical 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 17:11:37.648041-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/95000126.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000126/6fdb1c10d0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000126/6fdb1c10d0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Generic1139","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Welsh-Emery_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:Welsh-Emery_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994929","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh%E2%80%93Emery_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7981832"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/washington-county/welsh-emery-house-95000126/"}