{"nrhp_refnum":"96000707","name":"Oller, Joseph J., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"138 W. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waynesboro","county":"Franklin County","state":"PA","lat":39.75748424900007,"lon":-77.58105636299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-06-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-story brick Queen Anne residence with a wood-frame carriage house and barn at the rear, on less than one acre along West Main Street in Waynesboro, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The house was begun in 1891 and completed in 1892 for Joseph J. Oller.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an important local example of Queen Anne architecture, with its multi-gabled roof, projecting round tower, shingle variety, bracketing, dentils, asymmetrical plan and wrap-around porch. It also states that the house's size and prominent downtown site reflect the standing of the Oller family, and that the interior woodwork, staircase and pocket doors remain largely unaltered.","narrative":"Built on West Main Street in Waynesboro, this 2½-story brick house was designed by local architect D. F. Good and begun in 1891, with construction completed in 1892 by A. M. Good & Brothers. Its multi-gabled roof, projecting round tower capped with a cone, shingles of contrasting textures, bracketing, and wrap-around porch give it a strong Queen Anne character. Joseph J. Oller, a manufacturer, financier and early director of Landis Machine Company, lived there until his death in 1936. A 1910 addition kept the original styling, and the interior retains chestnut woodwork, a massive open staircase, and pocket doors. The house is regarded as an outstanding example of late Victorian domestic building in Waynesboro, and it passed to the Waynesboro Historical Society in 1992. The barn and carriage house also survive from the original period.","period_of_significance":"1890-1910","architect_builder":"D. F. Good, architect; A. M. Good & Brothers, builders","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Owned by the Waynesboro Historical Society, which uses the house as its headquarters.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:35.985238-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/96000707.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000707/850c15c0c6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000707/850c15c0c6-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oller_Hs_Waynesboro_PA_Hist_Society.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oller_Hs_Waynesboro_PA_Hist_Society.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100005205","name":"Waynesboro Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/waynesboro-historic-district-100005205/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998584","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_J._Oller_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6284264"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/franklin-county/oller-joseph-j-house-96000707/"}