{"nrhp_refnum":"76001378","name":"Langstroth Cottage","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"303 Patterson Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Oxford","county":"Butler County","state":"OH","lat":39.50658366300007,"lon":-84.73017378599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-06-22","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1981-12-21","areas_of_significance":["Science","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half story brick, gable-roofed cottage at 303 Patterson Avenue in Oxford, Butler County, Ohio, built in 1856 on the Miami University campus.","why_significant":"It was the home of Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth, called the \"Father of International Beekeeping,\" who lived in Oxford from 1858 to 1887. There he continued work on bee breeding and hive management based on his discovery of the space bees respect, which underlies his movable-frame hive design. The house is also described as a simple, elegant example of local architecture.","narrative":"Built in 1856 at 303 Patterson Avenue in Oxford, Ohio, this brick cottage rises two and a half stories under a gable roof. The three-bay front has an entry to the left, plain six-over-six windows with stone lintels and sills, brick corner pilasters and a brick molding that outlines the gable, giving the walls a paneled look. A fan window sits in the gable. The porch and raised stoop were added later, along with a one-story frame addition at the rear. Inside, a curved stairway with a hand-carved cherry railing stands out, and the house originally had four fireplaces. The cottage is best known as the home of Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth (1810-1895), a minister and student of the honeybee who lived in Oxford from 1858 to 1887. His discovery that bees respect a certain space led to a revolutionary hive design with wooden frames. On about eight surrounding acres he researched bees and planted a honey garden and linden trees.","period_of_significance":"1856","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition and altered, with a later porch and rear addition. Used as a private residence and owned by Miami University; the remaining land was described as threatened by university expansion.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.846324-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/76001378.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001378/be98821280-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001378/be98821280-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Langstroth_Cottage_front_and_southern_side,_closeup.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Langstroth_Cottage_front_and_southern_side,_closeup.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986985","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langstroth_Cottage","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14716588"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/butler-county/langstroth-cottage-76001378/"}