{"nrhp_refnum":"72001007","name":"Concord Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1445 Cincinnati-Zanesville Rd., SW. (U.S. 22)","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lancaster","county":"Fairfield County","state":"OH","lat":39.69907097500004,"lon":-82.62904159999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-10-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Concord Hall is a two-story brick mansion with sandstone trim on Ohio Route 22 near Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, built 1829-1831 for Capt. Augustus Witte, on an 8.5-acre property with a barn, carriage house and springhouse.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that Concord Hall is architecturally one of the finest and best-preserved large early 19th-century country houses in southern Ohio. Its design combines Georgian Colonial and Federal styles. The house also has a history tied to its German-born builder and a whiskey-distilling and milling operation on the farm.","narrative":"Concord Hall is a two-story brick mansion with sandstone trim, set on about 8.5 acres along Ohio Route 22 near Lancaster. Capt. Augustus Witte, a native of Hanover, Germany who had served on General Blucher's staff at Waterloo, began it in 1829. His brother, an architect, drew the plans, and German workmen joined local labor to make bricks, quarry stone and cut lumber on the property. It was finished in 1831. The hipped roof carries a cupola and widow's walk, and the design blends Federal and Georgian Colonial features, including an elliptical fanlight and a spiral stair. The farm once had a grist mill and distillery in the barn, and whiskey was shipped by canal boat. The Brasee family owned the house from 1858 to 1897 and replaced the wooden porch columns with sandstone. The property is cited as one of the finest and best-preserved early 19th-century country houses in southern Ohio.","period_of_significance":"19th Century; specific date 1831","architect_builder":"Plans drawn by Capt. Witte's brother, an architect employed by the royal family of Hanover; construction superintended by C. Schur for Capt. Augustus Witte","architectural_style":"Combination of Federal and Georgian Colonial","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and altered; used as a private residence and occupied in 1972. Correspondence notes a proposed highway bypass as a possible threat.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.242873-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/72001007.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988187","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137796271"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/fairfield-county/concord-hall-72001007/"}