{"nrhp_refnum":"97001271","name":"LeMoyne, F. Julius, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"49 E. Maiden St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Washington","county":"Washington County","state":"PA","lat":40.16833272850005,"lon":-80.24332330040953,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-09-25","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1997-09-25","areas_of_significance":["Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 7-bay, two-and-a-half-story Georgian style double-pile center hall house with Greek Revival detailing, built in 1812 on Maiden Street in Washington, Pennsylvania, by Dr. Francis Julius LeMoyne's father's household; the house is constructed of sandstone with a rear frame service wing.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its association with the antebellum anti-slavery reform movement. LeMoyne used it as a center of anti-slavery activity, a depot for abolitionist literature, and a safe station on the Underground Railroad. The argument rests on his role in local and national abolitionist networks from 1834 to 1865.","narrative":"Built in 1812 on Maiden Street in Washington, Pennsylvania, this 7-bay, two-and-a-half-story double-pile house combines Georgian plan with emerging Greek Revival detailing. It is built of sandstone, with coursed ashlar on the street facade and uncoursed masonry elsewhere, and has a standing seam metal roof. The principal entrance has an Ionic wood portico and a late-19th century mosaic tile floor. Dr. Francis Julius LeMoyne, who lived there until his death in 1879, made the house a center of anti-slavery activity in southwestern Pennsylvania during the 1830s and 1840s. Visiting speakers were hosted there, and the house served as a depot for anti-slavery literature distributed across the Ohio Valley. It is also regarded as a safe station on the Underground Railroad, where fugitives received assistance. The house reflects the antebellum abolitionist movement in this region.","period_of_significance":"1834-1865","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian; Greek Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"A 1996 flagstone terrace was added and a 1996 restoration removed a bathroom and restored a window in the northeast room.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.396643-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/97001271_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001271/01b0247a28-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001271/01b0247a28-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Midnightdreary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LeMoyne_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Midnightdreary</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:LeMoyne_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100005206","name":"Washington Commercial Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/washington-commercial-historic-district-100005206/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994429","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Julius_LeMoyne_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5423939"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/washington-county/lemoyne-f-julius-house-97001271/"}