{"nrhp_refnum":"75001428","name":"John, Jehu, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E of Harrison on Stone Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Harrison","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.257939975000056,"lon":-84.79673712099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-10-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half-story stone and brick house on a T-shaped plan with a gable roof, located on Stone Drive in the Harrison vicinity, Hamilton County, Ohio, and built circa 1836-42 for Dr. Jehu John, Jr. and Emily Hewitt Looker.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as a good example of early stone construction in this part of Ohio. It is also tied to Dr. Jehu John, who developed a popular, financially successful fever medicine and then ran a local school in the front room of the house.","narrative":"Built around 1836-42 on Stone Drive near Harrison, this one-and-a-half-story house combines a hewn, coursed stone main block with a brick rear wing set at right angles, forming a T-shaped plan under a gable roof. The west facade is symmetrical, with a recessed central door and transom flanked by two windows on each side. Three gabled dormers and the end chimneys have since been removed, and the roof is now tin. Dr. Jehu John, Jr. and his wife, Emily Hewitt Looker, built the house on land her grandfather, Governor Othniel Looker, deeded to her in 1821. Dr. John developed a popular fever medicine, then opened a school in the front room in the winter of 1847-48 before leaving for California in 1850 to prospect for gold. The family stayed until 1856. The house is listed as a good example of early stone construction in this part of Ohio and for its link to a local educator and medicine developer.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (c. 1836-42)","architect_builder":"Built by Dr. Jehu John, Jr. and Emily Hewitt Looker","architectural_style":"Vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as deteriorated and altered; dormers and chimneys were removed and a barn door was added to the brick rear portion. The owners had no current plans for the building.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.490828-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/75001428.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001428/6a011bb297-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001428/6a011bb297-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jehu_John_House_site.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jehu_John_House_site.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989081","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehu_John_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6176519"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/john-jehu-house-75001428/"}