{"nrhp_refnum":"73001528","name":"Renick House, Paint Hill","other_names":["Presbyterian Manse"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"17 Mead Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chillicothe","county":"Ross County","state":"OH","lat":39.32340607100008,"lon":-82.99057659499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-05-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An L-shaped, Virginia-style sandstone house on Paint Hill at 17 Mead Drive, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, completed in 1804 by architect Presley Morris for settler George Renick.","why_significant":"The house is tied to George Renick, who in 1804 drove 96 head of fat cattle from the Scioto Valley to Baltimore, the first extended overland cattle drive in the United States. The drive is credited with saving the valley's farm economy. The house also survives as an example of the architecture of its period in Chillicothe.","narrative":"Built on Paint Hill in Chillicothe and completed in 1804, this L-shaped, Virginia-style house is made of Waverly sandstone quarried nearby. Architect Presley Morris designed it for George Renick, a settler from Hardy County, Virginia. The rear L was finished first and held four rooms. The two-story front block has three bays, a central doorway, shuttered double-hung windows and walls 23 inches thick. About 1904 a one-story wing was added, and the original separate stone kitchen was later joined to the house by a frame addition. Renick is remembered for a 1804 drive of 96 fat cattle from the Scioto Valley to Baltimore, the first extended overland cattle drive in the United States, which opened a market for local farmers. He later held stock in a company importing English cattle. The house, restored and well kept, passed to a Presbyterian congregation in 1956 and remains a monument to him.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1804)","architect_builder":"Presley Morris, architect","architectural_style":"Virginia-style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as excellent condition, well maintained and carefully landscaped; restored by a prior owner and transferred to the First Presbyterian Society in 1956. The form checks both occupied and private residence use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.212854-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/73001528.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001528/0500eb65e4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001528/0500eb65e4-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Renick_House,_Paint_Hill.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Renick_House,_Paint_Hill.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991173","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renick_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7313241"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/ross-county/renick-house-paint-hill-73001528/"}