{"nrhp_refnum":"74001531","name":"Brown, Seth, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"29 Brown St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Monroeville","county":"Huron County","state":"OH","lat":41.25103814200003,"lon":-82.70568659299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-05-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small temple-form Greek Revival frame house at 29 Brown Street in Monroeville, Huron County, Ohio, traditionally associated with Seth Brown, founder of Monroeville, or his son Seth Brown Jr.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant chiefly for its architecture, as an unusually fine example of a small temple-form house. Its portico has an odd number of columns (three Doric), which is rare, and the sawed wooden frets in the frieze are an unusual surviving ornament. The traditional 1820 date is doubted, with a date between 1830 and 1845 considered more likely.","narrative":"This small frame house at 29 Brown Street in Monroeville, Ohio, is a modest example of the Greek Revival temple form. Its front portico carries three slender Doric columns, an uneven number that is very rare, while the entablature is well proportioned to the roof and pediment. Decorative frets sawed from wood sit in the frieze, providing light and ventilation and forming the dominant feature of the design. An L-shaped wing with a veranda extends to the west, and a kitchen was added later. Inside are three main-floor rooms with woodwork that appears original. Tradition links the house to Seth Brown, who arrived in 1816 and whose land became the village laid out in 1817, or to his son Seth Brown Jr. A date of 1820 is often given, but because temple-form houses did not reach the East until the mid-1820s, construction no earlier than 1830, and possibly as late as 1845, seems more likely. Its architectural quality is the main reason for its recognition.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival (small temple-form house)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition and altered, with a later kitchen addition; on its original site and used as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.882186-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001531.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001531/b0ace74c97-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001531/b0ace74c97-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Krootphotog","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seth_Brown_House,_Monroeville,_Ohio.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Krootphotog</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:Seth_Brown_House,_Monroeville,_Ohio.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989411","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138373922"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/huron-county/brown-seth-house-74001531/"}