{"nrhp_refnum":"76001369","name":"Federalton","other_names":["Stewart-Murphree House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"51 State St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Stewart","county":"Athens County","state":"OH","lat":39.308622083000046,"lon":-81.89422719199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-08-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick farmhouse at 51 State Street in Stewart, Athens County, Ohio, begun in 1815 (dated ca. 1817) by the Stewart family, with an L-shaped brick section and a frame addition from the 1850s.","why_significant":"Architecturally, it is a good example of an early Ohio farmhouse on an expansive and appropriate site. Historically, it was built by the prominent pioneer Stewart family and was the home of Daniel Stewart, founder of Stewart, Ohio, who helped found the first Methodist Society in the Hocking Valley.","narrative":"Federalton is a two-story brick farmhouse on State Street in Stewart, Ohio, begun in 1815 and dated to about 1817. It sits on a smooth stone foundation, with a five-bay west facade, a recessed center entry, and nine-over-nine pane windows. An original brick L wing was joined in the 1850s by a single-story clapboard addition, forming a U shape. That addition housed a well and became the kitchen, and it retains hand-hewn timbers and hand-made nails. Victorian porches and larger-paned windows were later added, and a restoration has since removed the front porch and replaced the windows with sash modeled on the original kitchen windows. The house was built by the Stewart family, prominent pioneers who reached the area in 1802. It was home to Daniel Stewart, founder of Stewart, Ohio, a Methodist leader and county official. His son Daniel B. Stewart laid out the village. The house is valued as an early Ohio farmhouse.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1817","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Private residence undergoing restoration; porches and later windows have been removed or replaced to return the house to its early appearance.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.517054-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/76001369.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001369/7908c0c879-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001369/7908c0c879-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jaknouse","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Federalton.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jaknouse</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:Federalton.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986723","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137599735"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/athens-county/federalton-76001369/"}