{"nrhp_refnum":"73001507","name":"Spitler, Samuel, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"14 Market St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brookville","county":"Montgomery County","state":"OH","lat":39.83564052100007,"lon":-84.41380877099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-09-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, frame Queen Anne style house in Brookville, Montgomery County, Ohio, built in 1894 for Samuel Spitler by Warren Rasor. It was later moved to a lot at the rear of its original site and now faces Market Street.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the best examples of Queen Anne style in Ohio and probably the most significant house in Brookville. Its octagonal tower with four long narrow windows is described as especially typical of the style. It also had the first bathroom in Brookville and served community uses such as the Clio Club and World War I Red Cross work.","narrative":"This three-story frame house in Brookville, Ohio, was built in 1894 for Samuel Spitler by Warren Rasor and is described as one of the best examples of Queen Anne architecture in the state. It has a steep tile hipped roof, wraparound porches with lattice-work and fan-shaped brackets, second-floor balconies, and a two-story octagonal tower with four long narrow windows. Spitler, a former miller who later worked in plumbing, helped bring the water works into operation in 1904, and the house had the town's first bathroom. His wife kept the Clio Club library collection, and during World War I the house served as a center for Red Cross work. Spitler sold it in 1920. Later used as apartments, it faced demolition for a parking lot until the Brookville Historical Society raised $26,000 to move it to the rear of the lot, facing Market Street, for restoration as a museum.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (1894)","architect_builder":"Warren Rasor (builder)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Moved to a lot behind its original location and now owned by the Brookville Historical Society for use as a museum; restoration work was in progress, with the entrance hall being returned to its original condition. Condition rated good.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.042895-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/73001507.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001507/514fc70db1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001507/514fc70db1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Christopher L. Riley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Spitler_House_%E2%80%94_Brookville,_Ohio.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Christopher L. Riley</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Spitler_House_%E2%80%94_Brookville,_Ohio.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990420","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138589851"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/montgomery-county/spitler-samuel-house-73001507/"}