{"nrhp_refnum":"74001566","name":"Austintown Log House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W of Youngstown on Raccoon Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Youngstown","county":"Mahoning County","state":"OH","lat":41.06176806500008,"lon":-80.73202366199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-07-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story squared-log house, about 20 by 25 feet, at the corner of Raccoon and Burgett Roads in Austintown Township near Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio. It was probably built before 1814, builder not named.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a relatively uncommon two-story log house and significant evidence of early settlement of the Mahoning Valley. Its alterations are mostly removable additions, so it keeps enough integrity to illustrate regional settlement patterns. A 1977 boundary increase added a one-acre site where 1976 archeological work found historic remains.","narrative":"Near Youngstown, at the corner of Raccoon and Burgett Roads, stands a two-story log house measuring roughly 20 by 25 feet. Its squared logs are mortised at the corners, with clay and straw chinking and roof rafters of unshaped, bark-covered logs. It originally held two large rooms, one per floor. Later changes included a cellar with a concrete block foundation, a kitchen wing, a bathroom, new windows, and lath, plaster and imitation brick siding. A 1973 demolition effort removed those coverings and exposed the logs, showing that enough original fabric survived for restoration. The house was probably built before 1814 and almost certainly before 1825, on land once owned by Calvin Austin, who reached the Western Reserve in 1800 and is believed to have built cabins for sale to settlers. It was nominated as evidence of early settlement in the Mahoning Valley. In 1977 the listed area grew to one acre after 1976 excavations found historic remains around the house.","period_of_significance":"19th Century; specific date 1814 (?)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed condition: fair, altered, unoccupied; owned by a church. A 1973 demolition project revealed the log structure, and a restoration was projected.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.280193-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001566.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001566/2c71e7b7d4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001566/2c71e7b7d4-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Austintown_Log_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Austintown_Log_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990132","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austintown_Log_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14716363"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/mahoning-county/austintown-log-house-74001566/"}