{"nrhp_refnum":"08001198","name":"Bull, Jonah, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2233 Wayne Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dayton","county":"Montgomery County","state":"OH","lat":39.73937423500007,"lon":-84.16344675999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-12-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Italianate brick farmhouse built in 1872 at 2233 Wayne Avenue in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, with later Colonial Revival details, plus a contributing barn, gazebo, pergola and two wooden arches on a 2.38-acre hilltop lot.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a representative example of a cross-plan (gabled ell) Italianate farmhouse that later received Colonial Revival updates, reflecting changing architectural tastes after 1893. It appears to be among the last remaining cross-plan Italianate homes from before the area was suburbanized. The text available also records an older timber-framed three-bay barn as a representative example of its type.","narrative":"Set on a wooded hill above a Y-shaped intersection of Wayne Avenue and Wilmington Pike in Dayton, this brick farmhouse was built in 1872 when the area lay just beyond the city limits. It has a cross plan with a three-bay, two-story front, limestone foundation, gabled roof, and Common-bond brickwork with a header course every seventh row. Faux shuttered windows give the exterior symmetry. A Colonial Revival porch with Ionic columns, decorative plaster ceilings, and a large picture window added in 1947 show later updating. The grounds keep a timber-framed three-bay barn, possibly dating before 1850, along with a gazebo and pergola added before 1918 and two wooden carriage-arrival arches. The house is listed for its architecture. It represents the gabled ell or cross-plan Italianate farmhouse and illustrates how older homes took on Colonial Revival features after 1893. It is among the few surviving examples of its kind in the area.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Currently a single-family dwelling; the interior is described as in excellent condition and the house as in great shape. The barn is used as a garage and storage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.146771-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/08001198.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001198/6189976484-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08001198/6189976484-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jonah_Bull_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jonah_Bull_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990400","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138610424"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/montgomery-county/bull-jonah-house-08001198/"}