{"nrhp_refnum":"99000513","name":"Thralls, Ernest, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"PA 218 S at TR 353 and TR 522","address_restricted":false,"city":"Spraggs","county":"Greene County","state":"PA","lat":39.752122491500046,"lon":-80.21889652030325,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-05-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A concrete block house with stone veneer and stucco, built 1939-1940 as a retirement home on a nine-acre portion of a 133-acre farm about two miles south of Spraggs in Wayne Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. It is a Spanish Revival house with a semicircular entrance tower and tile roof, with outbuildings including a tenant house, sheds and a horse barn.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is locally significant under criterion C as a singular example of Spanish Revival architecture, a style popular nationally from 1920 to 1940. It cites the builder's travels in the American southwest and Mexico as the source of the design, along with Spanish Revival detailing and some Colonial Revival and Arts and Crafts elements, and reused interior features from older houses.","narrative":"Built in 1939 and 1940 on a nine-acre section of a 133-acre farm south of Spraggs, Greene County, the concrete block house was designed by Ernest Thralls, a pharmacist and former Army officer who had spent years in the American southwest. It is a Spanish Revival house with stone veneer, stucco upper walls, casement windows, a semicircular stone entrance tower, and low tile roofs. Its interior includes hardwood floors, beamed ceilings, Mexican tile, and a stair with newel posts and balusters salvaged from an older house. The nomination presents the house as a locally significant example of a style popular nationally from about 1920 to 1940. It notes Colonial Revival and Arts and Crafts elements as well. Thralls lived there until his death in 1954. The house is regarded as a locally important single example of the style in southwestern Pennsylvania.","period_of_significance":"1939-1940","architect_builder":"Thralls, Ernest","architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The form describes the house as retaining most of its original finishes, with some windows replaced, portions of the roof re-tiled in the 1980s, and two porches enclosed.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.62892-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/99000513.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000513/36fd491771-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000513/36fd491771-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Generic1139","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ernest_Thralls_House_Lot.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Generic1139</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:Ernest_Thralls_House_Lot.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998208","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Thralls_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5393896"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/greene-county/thralls-ernest-house-99000513/"}