{"nrhp_refnum":"75001340","name":"Vaughan, John, House","other_names":["Vaughan-Francis House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3756 Hamilton-New London Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Shandon","county":"Butler County","state":"OH","lat":39.326629350000076,"lon":-84.70990192299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-05-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story Flemish and American bond red brick house with a gable roof, at 3756 Hamilton-New London Road east of Shandon, Butler County, Ohio. John Vaughan built it between 1814 and 1816.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a good example of Federal style architecture and the first brick house near Shandon. Its unusual features include a corbeled brick cornice and interior black walnut paneling. It is also tied to John Vaughan, a Welsh immigrant who sheltered and aided fellow Welsh settlers and donated land for the community's first church.","narrative":"Built between 1814 and 1816 for John Vaughan, a Welsh immigrant, this two-and-a-half-story brick house east of Shandon in Butler County is described as the first brick house in the area. Its south facade has five bays laid in Flemish bond, with a corbeled brick cornice and a saw-tooth course above. Vaughan's initials appear in black headers in the east gable. Inside, the original black walnut window sills, paneling, and open stairway survive, along with paneled doors, cupboards, and carved mantels. The bricks were fired on the site under James Shaw. Vaughan paid passage for many Welsh settlers, housed twenty of them in the winter of 1818-19, and supplied brick for many of their homes. He gave land for the first church, built in 1825, which had previously met in his barn. The house served as a post office from 1831 to 1847 and has stayed in the family.","period_of_significance":"1814-1816","architect_builder":"John Vaughan (builder/owner); bricks fired on site by James Shaw","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Excellent condition, altered, on its original site; used as a private residence and occupied. A 20th-century rear addition and a smokehouse are present.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.771604-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/75001340.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001340/bab28644cb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001340/bab28644cb-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Vaughan_House_in_Morgan_Township.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Vaughan_House_in_Morgan_Township.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986910","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Vaughan_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6261879"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/butler-county/vaughan-john-house-75001340/"}