{"nrhp_refnum":"97001655","name":"Lindsey, Christiana, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"313 E. Butler St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mercer Borough","county":"Mercer County","state":"PA","lat":41.22547036700007,"lon":-80.23514268399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-01-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2-1/2-story brick Italianate residence at 313 East Butler Street, about one block southeast of the Mercer town square in Mercer Borough, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1881 with an attached two-story rear ell, a summer kitchen and a garage.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a very strong local example of high-style Italianate residential design from the late 19th century, with an unusual cornice and abundant interior woodwork and fireplaces. It is described as the only high-style Italianate residence in Mercer Borough. It is also associated with the Lindsey family, prominent merchants, and Christiana Lindsey, who owned the property in her own right.","narrative":"Built in 1881 on East Butler Street in Mercer Borough, this two-and-a-half-story brick house is a high-style Italianate residence with a sandstone ashlar foundation, a truncated hip slate roof and a full-façade porch. Its cornice is unusual, with brick walls showing between narrow bands of molded wood and paired and jigsawn brackets. Inside, a center hall plan holds hand-grained and molded woodwork, inlaid oak floors, a black walnut staircase and tiled fireplaces, including a parlor fireplace with French hand-painted porcelain tile. Two gas fireplace inserts from the local Reznor firm are still in use. Christiana Lindsey, daughter of a clothing merchant, owned the house in her own right, which was unusual for a married woman in the Victorian period. The house is considered one of very few Italianate residences in Mercer Borough and among the most richly detailed examples of the style in the region.","period_of_significance":"1881","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The house is in excellent condition and retains architectural integrity, according to the document.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:35.682233-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/97001655.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001655/7185290e2f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001655/7185290e2f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christiana_Lindsey_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christiana_Lindsey_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996480","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiana_Lindsey_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5110429"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/mercer-county/lindsey-christiana-house-97001655/"}