{{short description|Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = James-Lorah House | nrhp_type = | image = James Lorah Doylestown.JPG | caption = James-Lorah House, March 2010 | location = 132 N. Main St., [[Doylestown, Pennsylvania]] | coordinates = {{coord|40|18|46|N|75|7|52|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Pennsylvania#USA | built = 1844 | builder = Martin, Fred A. | architecture = Late Victorian | added = October 17, 1972 | area = {{convert|0.5|acre}} | refnum = 72001096<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }}
The '''James-Lorah House''', also known as the Judge Chapman House and VIA House, is an historic home that is located in [[Doylestown, Pennsylvania|Doylestown]], [[Bucks County, Pennsylvania]], United States.
It was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1972.<ref name="nris"/>
==History and architectural features== Built circa 1844, this historic structure is a {{frac|2|1|2}}-story, [[stucco]]ed townhouse with a medium gable roof. It has a {{frac|1|1|2}}-story rear wing with a high gable roof and end chimney. The house features eyebrow windows and marble entrance steps. It was built for [[Henry Chapman (American politician)|Henry Chapman]], who served in the U.S. House of Representatives. It was the birthplace of [[Henry Chapman Mercer]] on June 24, 1856.<ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite report|type=none|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995280 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP James-Lorah House|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration |author=Mrs. Kenneth W. Gemmill| date = n.d.| access-date=December 10, 2025 }} ({{NationalArchivesNote}})</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania}}
[[Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Houses completed in 1844]] [[Category:Houses in Bucks County, Pennsylvania]] [[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Bucks County, Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Doylestown, Pennsylvania]] [[Category:1844 establishments in Pennsylvania]]