{"nrhp_refnum":"95000882","name":"Oyer, Christian, Jr., House","other_names":["Harmon House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Township Rd. 513, Barree Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Huntingdon","county":"Huntingdon County","state":"PA","lat":40.60968954200007,"lon":-77.89794392399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-07-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Federal style stone house with stucco-scored walls, sited about three-quarters of a mile from the village of Saulsburg in north-central Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It sits on 1.8 acres facing south in a rural setting.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a well-preserved, nearly intact example of early 19th century Federal domestic architecture in the area. Its main distinction is its original interior and exterior decorative painting, including simulated wood graining, marbleizing and stenciling, which is described as unusual for the region. Its high level of integrity, with few architectural changes since construction, is also cited.","narrative":"A two-story Federal style house of fieldstone walls covered in scored stucco, built about 1830 on a farm in north-central Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. Its rectangular plan has a central hall, four rooms on each floor, and identical front and rear elevations, a feature the nomination calls rare in the area. Its significance lies chiefly in its decorative painting: simulated mahogany, bird's-eye maple, figured maple and marble on doors, baseboards and cupboards, along with stenciling in the rear parlor. Much of this original paint survives. The nomination describes the building as unusually intact, having changed little because it was neglected for much of the twentieth century. The builder and the decorative painter are unidentified. The house is compared with the nearby Curtin Mansion and Hugh Seeds House, and is regarded as more refined in its detailing than either.","period_of_significance":"C. 1830","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republican/Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Restored and rehabilitated between about 1990 and 1994, with mechanical systems installed in 1990 and a non-contributing shed built in 1993.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.981141-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/95000882.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995916","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Oyer_Jr._House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5110002"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/huntingdon-county/oyer-christian-jr-house-95000882/"}