{"nrhp_refnum":"04000607","name":"Hunt-Forman Farm","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"2945 N OH 741","address_restricted":false,"city":"Franklin","county":"Warren County","state":"OH","lat":39.48285460850005,"lon":-84.25493778204759,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-06-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 102.62-acre working family farm in northwestern Warren County, Ohio, just south of Red Lion, divided by State Route 741. It includes a brick farmhouse and barns built about 1840-1850, plus later outbuildings and fields.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion A for the farm's long association with livestock breeding in Ohio's Miami Valley, specifically the development of the Poland China breed of swine. Under Criterion C, it is a well-preserved working farm with a brick vernacular farmhouse, period barns, outbuildings and intact rural landscape. The Preclassical I house and English barn were among the most common rural building forms in Warren County in the early nineteenth century.","narrative":"Located just south of the crossroads village of Red Lion in Warren County, Ohio, this 102-acre farm is split by State Route 741. Aaron Hunt settled the land in 1798, and his son John Hunt, a boatman and state legislator, is presumed to have funded the brick farmhouse and barns built around 1840-1850. John Forman bought the farm in 1865, and the Forman family has owned it since. The three-bay, two-story brick house has a bracketed cornice, with later weatherboard additions at the rear. Two post-and-beam barns with hand-hewn maple timbers and pegged joints stand nearby, along with a smokehouse, milk house, silo and other farm structures. Fields, a hedgerow, Snake Creek and a stock tunnel under the highway remain part of the layout. The farm was listed for its link to Poland China hog breeding in the Miami Valley and for its well-preserved farmhouse, barns and rural setting, and it was named an Ohio Outstanding Century Farm in 2003.","period_of_significance":"Ca. 1840-1954","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century, Federal Vernacular (Preclassical I house)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still a working farm with the house in use as a dwelling and the outbuildings in agricultural use; the house and farm retain their original appearance apart from updated plumbing, mechanical systems, kitchens and bathrooms.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.018499-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/04000607.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991822","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/warren-county/hunt-forman-farm-04000607/"}