{"nrhp_refnum":"77001048","name":"Pfarr Log House","other_names":["Wiederhold Log House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SE of Milford on Shayler Run Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Milford","county":"Clermont County","state":"OH","lat":39.10756338500005,"lon":-84.22682783499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-09-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half-story hand-hewn log house on Shayler Run Road near Milford, Clermont County, Ohio, built around 1825 by an unknown builder. It was moved about 75 feet in 1910.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a good example of early nineteenth-century pioneer architecture. Despite being moved and altered, it still shows fine steeple notching and timber construction. The notching points to construction before 1825.","narrative":"This log house stands on Shayler Run Road near Milford in Clermont County, Ohio. It is a one-and-a-half-story building with walls of large, square, hand-hewn timbers joined at the corners by steeple notching, a technique the nomination describes as common in southwestern Ohio before 1825. The walls rest on a field stone foundation, and the gabled roof is covered with corrugated metal. The builder and exact construction date are unknown, though the notching suggests it was built by about 1825. The Pfarr family owned it from around 1843 into the 1960s. In 1910 the house was moved roughly 75 feet to make room for an addition to a nearby farmhouse. Its original north-facing front was altered with new windows, and a porch and church doors were added to the south side, which became the front. It was listed as a good example of early nineteenth-century pioneer architecture, with fine timber construction and notching, and was described as vacant.","period_of_significance":"c. 1825","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as vacant log cabin; condition marked good; moved in 1910 and fenestration altered.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.222302-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/77001048.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001048/804488da93-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001048/804488da93-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Deron Meranda","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pfarr_Log_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Deron Meranda</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:Pfarr_Log_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987134","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfarr_Log_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7179774"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/clermont-county/pfarr-log-house-77001048/"}