{"nrhp_refnum":"03001100","name":"Spread Eagle Tavern-Conrey, James D., House","other_names":["Shenstone Eagle Tavern","Colonial Farm Resturant","Seven Chimneys","But-347-14"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"9797 Cincinnati-Columbus Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Butler County","state":"OH","lat":39.30828644500008,"lon":-84.38457160899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-10-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick house on US Route 42 in West Chester (Union) Township, Butler County, Ohio, built in 1840 and later known as the Spread Eagle Tavern and the James D. Conrey House. It has a single-story main block with two one-and-one-half-story wings forming a U-shaped plan.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is architecturally significant as a rare Ohio example of Jeffersonian Classicism, with Roman and Palladian influences and an original U-shaped plan. It is also described as a transitional building that updates older Roman Revival forms with Greek Revival detailing drawn from pattern books such as Asher Benjamin's. No comparable U-shaped examples are known in Ohio.","narrative":"Built in 1840 on what is now US Route 42 in Butler County, Ohio, this brick house served as an inn and tavern before becoming a private home. It has a tall single-story main block with a full-height Doric portico, flanked by two one-and-one-half-story wings that form a U-shaped plan. The public rooms have sixteen-foot ceilings and no central staircase, while the lower private rooms in the wings have small hidden stairs to attic spaces. Chimney pieces match designs in Asher Benjamin's pattern books. The nomination places the house within Jeffersonian Classicism, with Roman and Palladian influences and Greek Revival details such as a recessed doorway with sidelights. Investigators found no other U-shaped examples of the style in Ohio and only one comparable plan nationally. Around 1900 the courtyard and side porches were enclosed in glass in Colonial Revival fashion. A meat house, a well and three later buildings share the 1.8-acre site.","period_of_significance":"1840-ca. 1900","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic/Early Classical Revival; 20th Century Revival/Colonial Revival (Jeffersonian Classicism)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and currently used as a single dwelling. It was once used as a restaurant.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.05594-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/03001100.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001100/2b7cb771ed-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001100/2b7cb771ed-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spread_Eagle_Tavern.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spread_Eagle_Tavern.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986904","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_D._Conrey_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14716813"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/butler-county/spread-eagle-tavern-conrey-james-d-house-03001100/"}