{"nrhp_refnum":"05001142","name":"Scott, John, Barn and Granary","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3681 Hamilton-New London rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Shandon","county":"Butler County","state":"OH","lat":39.32814698800007,"lon":-84.69413395999999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-10-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A timber-frame cattle and hay barn with three attached concrete silos (built 1884) and a ca. 1875 granary, with a ca. 1920 milk house, on a working farm at 3681 Hamilton-New London Road, Shandon, Butler County, Ohio. Local carpenters William Black, Philip and John Tulley, and Newton Titus built them for farmer John Scott.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the barn and granary are important examples of 19th-century agricultural architecture in Butler County, and that they were built as interrelated parts of a large-scale livestock feeding operation. They are also presented as intact evidence of progressive farming, since Scott was considered the first Butler County farmer to use silage. The concrete silos are described as rare in Ohio.","narrative":"Three agricultural buildings on a working cattle and grain farm near Shandon, in rural Butler County, Ohio, make up this property: a barn with attached silos, a granary, and a milk house. John Scott had the barn built in 1884. It is a timber-frame structure with a monitor roof, joined to three square concrete silos for storing silage. The granary dates to about 1875 and once held ear corn, feed grains and a steam-powered grinder. The milk house, from about 1920, is built of glazed brown tile. Scott intended to fatten 100 head of beef cattle, but a market recession in the early 1890s ended the plan, and the silos were last used around 1895. The farm later became a Jersey dairy operation. The barn keeps its original footprint, vertical board siding and framing. The buildings are recognized for their architecture and for Scott's early, experimental use of silage in southwest Ohio.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1875-1955","architect_builder":"Wm. Black, P.H. & John Tulley, Newton Titus (barn)","architectural_style":"No Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as agricultural outbuildings on a working cattle and grain farm; the barn has a new roof from 1998 and retains a high degree of structural integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.545658-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/05001142.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001142/943fbd2af3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001142/943fbd2af3-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Scott_Farm_buildings.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Scott_Farm_buildings.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986891","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Scott_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6257103"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/butler-county/scott-john-barn-and-granary-05001142/"}