{"nrhp_refnum":"77001043","name":"Sutton House","other_names":["Wilke House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"0.3 mi. E of Decatur on OH 125","address_restricted":false,"city":"Decatur","county":"Brown County","state":"OH","lat":38.813637811000035,"lon":-83.69825340699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-03-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and one-half story brick Federal-style farmhouse with an L-shaped plan, located about 3 miles east of Decatur on State Route 125 in Byrd Township, Brown County, Ohio. It was built 1840-1844 by Otho Sutton and is also known as the Wilke House.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the finest brick farmhouses built in Southern Ohio in the first half of the nineteenth century. Its stone belt courses, into which the window lintels extend, are described as unusual, and its fluted-column front doorway is compared to work by Jonathan Goldsmith. It is also tied to locally prominent owners, including Otho Sutton and Civil War veteran Greenleaf Norton Teachnor.","narrative":"Built between 1840 and 1844 east of Decatur in Brown County, Ohio, this brick farmhouse follows an L-shaped plan and two and one-half stories, with Flemish bond walls, a stone foundation and a tin gabled roof. Two stone belt courses cross the front, and the window lintels extend into them, a detail the nomination calls unusual among Federal and Greek Revival houses in Ohio. The front doorway has a paneled door, sidelights, a transom and slender fluted columns, and it is compared to doorways by the builder Jonathan Goldsmith in northeastern Ohio. Later changes include a late nineteenth century East Lake porch, a small added room in the ell, and replacement windows installed around 1900. Otho Sutton, a prosperous farmer and river boatman, built the house; he was the son of early settler Benjamin Sutton. A later owner, Greenleaf Norton Teachnor, served in the 91st Ohio Volunteer Infantry and ran a large stock farm here. Shortly after construction, county records ranked it fifth in value among rural homes.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific dates 1840-1844)","architect_builder":"Otho Sutton","architectural_style":"Federal (with later East Lake style porch)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as unoccupied, in fair condition and altered; the form describes it as private and restricted-access.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.802069-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/77001043.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001043/38d2e45f4a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001043/38d2e45f4a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Aesopposea","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sutton_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Aesopposea</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:Sutton_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986843","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutton_House_(Decatur,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55634460"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/brown-county/sutton-house-77001043/"}