{"nrhp_refnum":"74001596","name":"Shack, The","other_names":["Daugherty,Harry, House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NW of Williamsport","address_restricted":false,"city":"Williamsport","county":"Pickaway County","state":"OH","lat":39.63548073900006,"lon":-83.22962577699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-05-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1-1/2 story frame country retreat known as The Shack (Harry Daugherty House), built in 1918 on Tick Ridge beside Deer Creek Lake, about 5.5 miles northwest of Williamsport in Pickaway County, Ohio.","why_significant":"The house was the private retreat of Harry M. Daugherty, a Republican political operative who promoted Warren G. Harding's 1920 presidential campaign and served as Attorney General under Harding and Coolidge. He used it for rest and solitude for the rest of his life. The nomination presents it as representative of the private country retreats public figures keep for relaxation.","narrative":"Set on Tick Ridge beside Deer Creek Lake in Pickaway County, Ohio, The Shack is a 1-1/2 story frame house built in 1918. Its walls are rough hewn oak and native chestnut stained with creosote, with board and batten siding, a gabled roof, wood casement windows and a large fireplace of round river rocks. A 50 foot deck at the back overlooks the lake. The house was the retreat of Harry M. Daugherty, an Ohio politician and Republican operative best known for promoting Warren G. Harding's 1920 presidential campaign and for serving as Attorney General under Harding and Coolidge. Because of his health, Daugherty needed frequent rest, and he came here for solitude, sometimes with his assistant Jess Smith. He retreated here after Harding's death and funeral. The house is considered representative of the private country retreats that public figures keep for peace of mind. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources was restoring the exterior and converting the interior to overnight lodging.","period_of_significance":"20th Century (specific date 1918)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Altered; the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, which leases it, was restoring the exterior to its original appearance and altering the interior for overnight lodging.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.436281-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001596.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001596/a8dd186641-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001596/a8dd186641-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wdzinc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Shack_-_Harding_Cabin.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:The_Shack_-_Harding_Cabin.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990935","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138648233"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/pickaway-county/shack-the-74001596/"}