{"nrhp_refnum":"77001077","name":"Arnold Homestead","other_names":["Carriage Hill Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of Dayton on OH 201","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dayton","county":"Montgomery County","state":"OH","lat":39.87100302750005,"lon":-84.09862668373295,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-11-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Religion","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 19th-century farm complex in Wayne Township near Dayton, Ohio, part of Carriage Hill Reserve, with the Daniel Arnold brick house (c. 1835), the Harshberger log house (c. 1831), the Joseph Arnold house (c. 1845), barns, outbuildings and a family cemetery.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a significant example of early nineteenth century farms in southwest Ohio. It is also visible history of the westward spread of the Old German Baptists, or Dunkards, and of the trials of a separatist group in increasing contact with progressive society. Joseph Arnold led the largest group to split off in the 1881 division over compromises with progress.","narrative":"Carriage Hill's Arnold Homestead near Dayton is a farm complex built by a family of Old German Baptists, often called Dunkards, who came from West Virginia to Wayne Township in the early 1800s. The site includes the brick Daniel Arnold House (c. 1835), an earlier log house (c. 1831), the Joseph Arnold House (c. 1845), a bank barn, outbuildings and a family cemetery on a bluff. Daniel and Catherine Arnold bought forest land with a sawmill, and their sons Joseph and Henry worked the mill and farms nearby. Joseph, a craftsman, planned and built his own house and outbuildings, and later led the largest group to break away from the church during the 1881 division. The farm is valued as an example of early nineteenth century agriculture in southwest Ohio and as a record of this religious community. Today it operates as a working farm museum, with research and restoration continuing.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Daniel Arnold","architectural_style":"Vernacular construction characteristic of the Old German Baptists (\"Dunkards\"), with Federal style details","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition marked excellent; publicly owned and operated as a nineteenth century working farm museum, with restoration and research continuing. The Joseph Arnold house is used as staff quarters and the log house as site office and sales store.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.32963-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/77001077.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001077/79047057ce-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001077/79047057ce-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wdzinc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arnold_Homestead.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Wdzinc</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:Arnold_Homestead.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990386","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Homestead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4795089"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/montgomery-county/arnold-homestead-77001077/"}