{"nrhp_refnum":"77001066","name":"Williams, W. L., House","other_names":["The Schroer Residence"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"280 Anderson Ferry Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.08838680700006,"lon":-84.61855129199995,"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-story brick farmhouse with an L-shaped plan and stone foundation at 280 Anderson Ferry Road in Delhi Township, near Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, built in 1830 as the residence of W. L. \"Limp\" Williams.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a well-preserved example of early nineteenth-century rural architecture and the oldest surviving house in Delhi Township. It reflects a time when a substantial, functional house was the goal and function was style. It is also tied to W. L. Williams, a prominent local citizen and farmer.","narrative":"Built in 1830 on a large dairy farm in Delhi Township, this two-story brick house served as the family residence of W. L. \"Limp\" Williams, who was born in the township in 1810. The bricks were made on the property. The house has an L-shaped plan, a stone foundation, a low-pitched metal gable roof with two interior end chimneys, and a five-bay facade with shuttered two-over-two windows. A shed-roofed porch shelters the central entrance, and a rear wing has its own porch. It is described as the oldest house still standing in the township and an excellently preserved example of early rural architecture, reflecting a period when function shaped style. Williams was a prominent farmer and township officer from 1866 to 1874, and his father Peter Williams helped establish mail routes in the west. The house now sits on five acres within a modern subdivision.","period_of_significance":"1830","architect_builder":"W. L. Williams","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as excellently preserved, in excellent condition, altered, on its original site, and used as a private residence on about five acres within a modern subdivision.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.643355-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/77001066.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001066/25b6bbc389-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001066/25b6bbc389-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:W.L._Williams_House_in_Delhi_Township.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:W.L._Williams_House_in_Delhi_Township.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989017","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._L._Williams_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7945787"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/williams-w-l-house-77001066/"}