Crawford, John Minor, House
Also known as: Building 301 (Army Corp Historic Buildings Survey)
Why it's listed
Built around 1878 by John Minor Crawford, this four-bay, two-and-a-half-story brick house in Glassworks, north of Greensboro in Greene County, Pennsylvania, shows the Italianate style with shallow pitched roofs, wide bracketed and dentiled eaves, tall narrow windows, and gable-end circular portholes. The house sits on finely cut sandstone and has a central hall with an open staircase, a molded newel post, and a spindled balustrade. Crawford worked as a cooper and later a merchant, acquiring a lot with buildings from John B. McCoy in 1866 on the old glassworks property. The house was used as a mine superintendent's office from about 1935 to 1975 and as a health center until about 1988. The property is regarded as the area's best surviving Italianate residence and the largest and most detailed of its kind nearby, and it retains most of its character despite changes to the north side of the first floor.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the house is the best extant example of Italianate style in residential architecture in the Greensboro area and the largest and most detailed residence of its type among a handful of Italianate buildings there. It is significant under architecture for its late nineteenth-century Italianate design and retains its dominant features and setting. The house also reflects Crawford's cooperage and merchant business during the area's commercial growth.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 95000122, listed July 27, 1995. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | PA 2014, Monongahela Township, Glassworks |
|---|---|
| County | Greene County |
| Listed | July 27, 1995 |
| Reference number | 95000122 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Used as a mine superintendent's office by Duquesne Light Company from about 1935 to 1975 and as a health center from about 1977 to about 1988; the north half of the first floor was converted to a health center in the 1970s. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 39.80121, -79.91357 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 95000122.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q6248946
- This listing as JSON
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