{"nrhp_refnum":"73001449","name":"Whiteman, Benjamin, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E of Clifton","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clifton","county":"Greene County","state":"OH","lat":39.79603410200008,"lon":-83.81696843999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-04-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A fieldstone house built in 1805 on a small hill overlooking the Little Miami River, about 0.4 mile east of Clifton in Greene County, Ohio, with a matching two-story stone springhouse behind it.","why_significant":"The nomination stresses the house's great age for the area and its relatively unaltered condition on a rural site free of modern intrusion. It also shows the living style of a community leader at a time when most buildings were probably log. It was built by General Benjamin Whiteman, an early Greene County settler, judge and militia officer.","narrative":"Built in 1805 on a small hill above the Little Miami River near Clifton, this faced fieldstone house appears two stories at the front and three at the rear, where the basement kitchen opens onto the hillside. A matching two-story stone springhouse stands just behind it. Inside, walnut is used for the floors, partitions and second-floor ceilings, the walls are beaded, and large fireplaces survive; the house never received central heat or electricity. It was built by General Benjamin Whiteman, who helped settle and organize Greene County, served as an associate judge, held militia commissions, and was a brigadier general in the War of 1812. He lived here for 47 years. At a time when most buildings were probably log, the stone house likely signaled his standing. Its age, relatively unaltered condition and rural setting, free of modern construction, are the main reasons for its listing. The form lists it as vacant.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1805)","architect_builder":"General Benjamin Whiteman (builder of the house)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and unaltered; present use marked vacant; no central heat or electricity was ever installed.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.023954-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/73001449.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001449/58a1a9e40c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001449/58a1a9e40c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_Whiteman_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benjamin_Whiteman_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988718","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138340831"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/greene-county/whiteman-benjamin-house-73001449/"}