{"nrhp_refnum":"76001377","name":"Hughes School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5994 Princeton Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hamilton","county":"Butler County","state":"OH","lat":39.38687676300003,"lon":-84.42024115199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-01-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-room brick schoolhouse at 5994 Princeton Road, near Hamilton in Liberty Township, Butler County, Ohio, built in 1887. The builder is unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an exceptionally fine example of nineteenth-century one-room school architecture, with brickwork and design more sophisticated than expected for its date. It is also locally significant because it is named for the Hughes family, among the area's earliest settlers. It stands as a reminder of early rural education in Ohio.","narrative":"Hughes School is a one-room brick schoolhouse on Princeton Road near Hamilton, in Butler County, Ohio. Built in 1887 on a stone foundation, it has a central front tower, a gabled roof, brick pilasters dividing the sides into bays, and arched windows with stone sills and keystones. A stone plaque above the entrance reads \"Hughes. Sub-district No. 4 - 1887.\" The original bell tower, with a pyramid roof and small dormers, has been lost, and a restoration committee intended to rebuild a copy. The school was listed for its architecture and its link to local education. Its brickwork and design show considerable sophistication for a rural school of the period. It also takes its name from the Hughes family, early settlers in the area. Elijah Hughes, a blacksmith and school director, appears in the 1832 deed for the school property. His son Joshua gave his name to nearby Hughes Station.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular with Italianate elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent/good; present use is educational and storage. A restoration project was underway, including a planned replica of the original bell tower.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.25106-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/76001377.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001377/9a0ea0121d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001377/9a0ea0121d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ashish3vedi","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hughes_School_Liberty_Ohio.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Ashish3vedi</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:Hughes_School_Liberty_Ohio.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986945","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5933427"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/butler-county/hughes-school-76001377/"}