{"nrhp_refnum":"75001322","name":"Luelleman, William, House","other_names":["Gerhard Hehemann House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"122 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Bremen","county":"Auglaize County","state":"OH","lat":40.438918124000054,"lon":-84.38210121599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-05-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, rectangular wood frame house with brick nogging at 122 North Main Street in the old district of New Bremen, Auglaize County, Ohio, built in 1837 for Gerhard Hehemann.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as an example of frontier German architecture, with symmetrical German design and transoms over the doors. It is described as the oldest free-standing structure in the German colony of New Bremen, chartered in 1833, and one of the first buildings there other than log cabins. It also served as a store, post office and church.","narrative":"Built in 1837 at 122 North Main Street in New Bremen, Ohio, this two-story wood frame house has hand-hewn, pegged walnut and ash timbers, with spaces between the studs filled with homemade brick, straw and mud, a technique called nogging. It has a gable roof, two interior chimneys, and a west facade with hooded entrances and 6/6 double-hung windows. Originally built as a double-occupancy dwelling with three front entrances, it was remodeled in 1937, and a summer kitchen was added in 1870 by the Luelleman family. Its first owner, Gerhard Hehemann, was a town leader who died with his family in a cholera epidemic in the late 1840s or early 1850s. The house also served as a store, post office and church. It is valued as an example of frontier German architecture and as the oldest free-standing structure in the German colony of New Bremen, chartered in 1833. It now serves as a museum.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"German Vernacular (frontier German architecture)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Structurally in good condition and excellent condition per the form; owned by the New Bremen Historical Association and used as a museum, with work in progress noted at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.94199-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/75001322.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001322/5e6a0cdab4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001322/5e6a0cdab4-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Luelleman_House,_New_Bremen.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Luelleman_House,_New_Bremen.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986767","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Luelleman_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4878559"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/auglaize-county/luelleman-william-house-75001322/"}