{"nrhp_refnum":"66000609","name":"John Sherman Birthplace","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"137 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lancaster","county":"Fairfield County","state":"OH","lat":39.713866504000066,"lon":-82.59520833099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1966-10-15","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1964-01-29","areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story house at 137 East Main Street in Lancaster, Ohio, built in 1811 with an 1816 addition and a late 19th-century Victorian front. It has a brick front section and a frame rear section and now operates as a museum.","why_significant":"The house is the birthplace of John Sherman, who served as congressman, senator, Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State. He is remembered chiefly for the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, both passed in 1890. It is also the birthplace of his brother, General William T. Sherman.","narrative":"Lancaster, Ohio, is home to the house where John Sherman was born on May 10, 1823. Located at 137 East Main Street, the two-story building began as a house erected in 1811, received additions in 1816, and gained a Victorian front in the late 19th century. It combines a brick front section with a narrower frame section behind. Sherman lived here until he was nine and only intermittently between 1835 and 1840. His brother, General William T. Sherman, was also born in the house, and the museum today mainly interprets the Civil War, with period furnishings, a tent room and local military displays. John Sherman served more than four decades in public life as a congressman, senator, Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State. He is remembered mostly for the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, both passed in 1890. The anti-trust law remains the government's basic measure against undue business centralization.","period_of_significance":"May 10, 1823-1832","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian (front section, late 19th century addition)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Operated as a museum owned by the Ohio Historical Society, in good condition, with Civil War exhibits and period rooms open to visitors.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.122332-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/66000609_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000609/6cc33e89ed-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000609/6cc33e89ed-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jack Boucher","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Sherman_Birthplace.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack Boucher</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Sherman_Birthplace.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"83003438","name":"Lancaster Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/lancaster-historic-district-83003438/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986471","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sherman_Birthplace","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6257637"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/fairfield-county/john-sherman-birthplace-66000609/"}