{"nrhp_refnum":"09000168","name":"Friends Boarding School and Ohio Yearly Meetinghouse Historic District","other_names":["Olney Friends School","Stillwater Monthly Meetinghouse","Taber Farm","Plummer Farm"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"61830 Sandy Ridge Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Barnesville","county":"Belmont County","state":"OH","lat":39.994792883500054,"lon":-81.14180696845474,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-03-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Religion","Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A discontiguous rural historic district of about 316 acres in Warren Township, just east of Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio. It includes a Quaker boarding school campus, the 1878 Ohio Yearly Meetinghouse with Stillwater Cemetery, and two farmsteads (Taber and Plummer).","why_significant":"The district is presented as reflecting Quaker educational doctrine and the Conservative (Wilburite) Quaker tradition in Ohio. The boarding school, founded as a co-educational institution, and the adjacent meetinghouse show the link between Quaker religion and education. The Main building embodies plain Quaker institutional design with modest Georgian Revival features.","narrative":"Just east of Barnesville in Belmont County, Ohio, this district of roughly 316 acres brings together a Quaker boarding school campus, the Ohio Yearly Meetinghouse of 1878 with its Stillwater Cemetery, and two farmsteads. The school's centerpiece is the Main, a 2½-story red brick building first built in 1876 and reconstructed in 1911 after a fire destroyed its residential third floor. Its symmetrical form, slate hipped roofs, dormers, bell cupola and plain wooden porches reflect Quaker simplicity with modest Georgian Revival touches. Later additions include a 1938 gymnasium built partly from salvaged materials and a 1957 classroom wing. The district is significant for illustrating Quaker views on education, including a guarded, co-educational schooling kept within the Society of Friends, and for its link to the Conservative branch of Ohio Quakers. Of 25 resources, 15 contribute to the district's character, and the school, meetinghouse and farms remain in use.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"20th Century Revival / Georgian Revival; Other: Quaker boarding school and Quaker meetinghouse","criteria":[],"status_note":"School, meetinghouse, cemetery, farmhouses and agricultural outbuildings remain in use; the Main houses classrooms and offices.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.345165-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/09000168.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986823","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/belmont-county/friends-boarding-school-and-ohio-yearly-meetinghouse-historic-district-09000168/"}