{"nrhp_refnum":"02001687","name":"Jones, Elam, Public House","other_names":["Tru-2134-15"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3365 OH 7","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hartford","county":"Trumbull County","state":"OH","lat":41.31191705700007,"lon":-80.56815500199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-01-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Exploration/Settlement","Politics/Government","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Federal-style wood-frame public house (tavern) built in 1828 at the corner of State Routes 7 and 305 in the center of Hartford Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, with an 1822 wing added around 1865. It sits on one-and-a-quarter acres with an 1829 barn.","why_significant":"The building served as a tavern, meeting hall and post office for a Connecticut-settled community in the Western Reserve, and much of the township's travel and commerce centered on it. It was restored from 1979 to its early nineteenth-century plan and appearance, including the central chimney. The form treats it as an example of Federal-era architecture and a center of local social and commercial life.","narrative":"Built in 1828 at the crossroads of State Routes 7 and 305 in Hartford Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, this two-story wood-frame building operated as a public house, or tavern, for travelers and townspeople. Its five-bay main block rests on a coursed sandstone foundation and has weatherboard siding, a standing-seam tin roof and Federal-style door surrounds. A wing dated 1822 was moved against the east side around 1865. Inside, a tavern room, parlors, a kitchen and a second-floor meeting room reflect its use as both an inn and a gathering place. Elam Jones, a former schoolteacher, township clerk and founder of the community's first library, was a prominent local figure. The township was settled by Connecticut families, and the public house became a center of travel and commerce. Later changes included a Victorian-era remodeling, apartment conversion around 1950, and restoration beginning in 1979 that returned the central chimney, floor plan and window pattern. A barn from 1829 stands nearby.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic: Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Currently used as a single dwelling; restored since 1979 to its early nineteenth-century floor plan and materials after mid-twentieth-century conversion to apartments.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.376605-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/02001687.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001687/316b38edce-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02001687/316b38edce-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elam_Jones_Public_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elam_Jones_Public_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991719","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138749357"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/trumbull-county/jones-elam-public-house-02001687/"}