{"nrhp_refnum":"74001478","name":"Bush, Samuel, House","other_names":["Turner, Herbert M., Residence","Spook Hollow"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1934 Cold Spring Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lancaster","county":"Fairfield County","state":"OH","lat":39.73750150300003,"lon":-82.61909331099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-10-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick farmhouse at 1934 Cold Spring Drive in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, on about two acres sloping to a brook. The rear kitchen ell dates to around 1808 and the front portion to around 1834.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as a fine example of an early Fairfield County and southern Ohio farmhouse in exceptionally good condition. It is also tied to early land ownership by Noah Zane, Thomas Worthington and Samuel Graybill, and to the Bush family, early county settlers who lived there until 1955.","narrative":"This two-story brick farmhouse in Lancaster, Ohio, combines a kitchen ell built around 1808 with a main block added around 1834. The bricks were fired on the property and are laid in Flemish bond on the south front and American bond elsewhere. Walnut window frames and lintels, shutters with hinges dated 1857, a panelled front door and a cherry-banistered stair survive. Inside, the rooms have carved and panelled woodwork and random-width floors, while the old kitchen has a wide fireplace. The land began as a presidential patent to Noah Zane, passed to Thomas Worthington, then to Samuel Graybill, and was bought by Samuel Bush in 1834. Local tradition says Bush had the house built as a copy of his Pennsylvania wife's family home. Bush family members lived there until 1955. The house was listed as a fine, well-preserved early farmhouse of Fairfield County and southern Ohio, restored with a compatible modern addition at the rear.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific dates 1808 and 1834)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in excellent condition, occupied as a private residence, carefully restored with rundown additions removed and a new compatible rear addition built.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.467429-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001478.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001478/c662ec7556-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001478/c662ec7556-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wdzinc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Bush_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Wdzinc</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Bush_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988211","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137801574"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/fairfield-county/bush-samuel-house-74001478/"}