{"nrhp_refnum":"74001648","name":"Barnet-Hoover Log House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NW of Orrville","address_restricted":false,"city":"Orrville","county":"Wayne County","state":"OH","lat":40.86110256100005,"lon":-81.78876867799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-08-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-part log and timber-frame house on the Wayne General and Technical College campus (a University of Akron branch) northwest of Orrville, Wayne County, Ohio. The log section was built about 1818 by William Barnett, and a timber addition followed after 1833 by John Hoover.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant because of its alterations, not despite them. The one-and-a-half story addition, built of individually mortised and pegged tie-beams to imitate log walls, is described as unique in Ohio in its construction technique. The remodeling also shows how an early 19th-century log house was adapted for a later family, possibly by Amish craftsmen.","narrative":"This house near Orrville in Wayne County, Ohio, combines two very different building methods. William Barnett built the original two-story hewed log house about 1818, with centered entry doors, an east gable fireplace, a corner ladder staircase and wood partition walls. After 1833, John Hoover added a one-and-a-half story wing made of mortised and tenoned sills, corner posts and pegged tie-beams, spaced and hewn to look like log walls. Doorways, windows, stairs and second-floor rooms in the older house were reworked to connect the two parts, and a full-length porch was added. A later frame shed holds the kitchen. The nomination values the house for these changes, since the addition's construction technique was considered unique in Ohio. It suggests Amish craftsmen may have done the remodeling. The house stands on its original site on a college campus, was occupied until 1970, and was proposed for use as an Amish museum.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific dates 1818 & 1833)","architect_builder":"William Barnett (original log house, ca. 1818); John Hoover (addition, after 1833)","architectural_style":"Log construction with a \"braced-frame\" addition of mortised and tenoned posts and tie-beams","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied until 1970; condition listed as fair and altered. Plans at the time called for use as an Amish museum and for small academic meetings. A 2005 letter describes a rehabilitation underway, with siding, chinking and interior plaster removed and the rear frame addition replaced.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.30678-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001648.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001648/c8b93292b9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001648/c8b93292b9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BARNET-HOOVER_LOG_HOUSE.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ MD</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:BARNET-HOOVER_LOG_HOUSE.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991966","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138764138"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/wayne-county/barnet-hoover-log-house-74001648/"}