{"nrhp_refnum":"76001491","name":"Saunders, Elizabeth Sheets, Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4525 McCandless Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Casstown","county":"Miami County","state":"OH","lat":40.03801296200004,"lon":-84.12163088399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farm complex near Casstown in Miami County, Ohio, centered on a one-and-one-half story dressed limestone vernacular house built before 1823, with a stone springhouse, smokehouse, bank barn and corncrib.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the stone house is valuable and rare evidence of early farm construction in Miami County by pioneers from Pennsylvania. The complete early farm complex is being preserved and restored. The house plan reflects the Sheets family's memory of Bedford County, Pennsylvania.","narrative":"Near Casstown in Miami County, Ohio, this farm complex centers on a one-and-one-half story dressed limestone house built into a slope above a stream. Its five-bay facade, recessed rear porch and basement kitchen with a door to the springhouse reflect Pennsylvania building traditions brought by the Sheets family from Bedford County. Surviving outbuildings include a stone smokehouse, now a garden shed, a two-story stone springhouse still fed by an active spring, a stone-foundation bank barn and an old corncrib. Ownership history is tangled, since two men named Andrew Sheets owned and built parts of the farm. The first died in 1809, and the quarter-section farm passed in 1822 to Elizabeth Sheets Saunders, who held it in her own name. The house dates to before 1823, with the upper floor finished around 1857. Only 3.5 acres of the original farm remain.","period_of_significance":"before 1823","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular (dressed limestone house reflecting Pennsylvania building traditions)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as occupied private residence in excellent condition, altered by rehabilitation; the springhouse is scheduled for restoration and the bank barn faces foundation failure.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.7804-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/76001491.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001491/af811858d5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001491/af811858d5-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_Sheets_Saunders_Farm.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_Sheets_Saunders_Farm.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"97000160","name":"Elizabeth Township Rural Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/elizabeth-township-rural-historic-district-97000160/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990287","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138589286"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/miami-county/saunders-elizabeth-sheets-farm-76001491/"}