{"nrhp_refnum":"96000710","name":"Munce, Thomas, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Rt. 136, 3 mi. E of Washington, S. Strabane Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Washington","county":"Washington County","state":"PA","lat":40.18702869700007,"lon":-80.17974402199997,"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 half-story stone, vernacular Georgian-influenced farmhouse on a hill in South Strabane Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, between Eighty Four and Washington. It was built in stages from circa 1803 with additions circa 1810 and circa 1835.","why_significant":"The house is regarded as a locally important example of early nineteenth-century Washington County stone construction and one of only a few surviving central-passage plan houses in central Washington County from the first part of the nineteenth century. It is one of the largest county examples of a square-plan house expanded to five openings, and its interior woodwork and stair are described as intact examples of early county craftsmanship.","narrative":"Built of irregularly coursed fieldstone with dressed quoins, the Munce House sits on a hilltop overlooking a valley and Route 136 in South Strabane Township. Thomas Munce, a native of Ireland, began the house around 1803 as a one-story, two-bay stone dwelling. His son, Thomas Munce, Jr., raised it to two stories around 1810, added a three-bay section, and built a two-story rear ell with a summer kitchen around 1835. The house has a central-passage plan, six-over-six sash windows, and an early nineteenth-century stair with cylindrical balusters and goose-neck rail details. The parlor and dining room retain carved trim, built-in china cabinets and original mantels. It is regarded as one of the best-preserved examples of the county's early stone farmhouses. The roof was largely rebuilt after a fire in 1992, but the stone core, plaster and woodwork remain largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1803-1835","architect_builder":"Thomas Munce (builder of the circa 1803 section, per the form); Thomas Munce, Jr. (additions circa 1810 and 1835)","architectural_style":"Georgian-influenced vernacular","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Roof largely rebuilt after a fire in 1992; interior woodwork largely untouched; 1967 garage and 1983 frame addition are non-contributing or unobtrusive additions.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.163979-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/96000710.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000710/8a775eb1fb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000710/8a775eb1fb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Generic1139","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Munce_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Generic1139</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Munce_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998202","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Munce_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7792611"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/washington-county/munce-thomas-house-96000710/"}