{"nrhp_refnum":"77001088","name":"Brown, John, Farmhouse","other_names":["Karch,Herbert S.,House","Old Tannery Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1842 Hines Hill Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hudson","county":"Summit County","state":"OH","lat":41.26325585500007,"lon":-81.44821305899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-09-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame, gable-roofed farmhouse at 1842 Hines Hill Road in Hudson, Summit County, Ohio, completed in 1824 for John Brown by his carpenter Herman Peck.","why_significant":"The house was built as a home for abolitionist John Brown and his young family and is described as the only tangible remains associated with him in Hudson, where he grew up. Later members of the Brown family used the farm as a hiding place for fugitive slaves. The form says many alterations have occurred, but the association with Brown is retained and is the reason for nomination.","narrative":"Built in 1824 for John Brown by carpenter Herman Peck, this two-story frame farmhouse in Hudson, Ohio, was the home of the future abolitionist, his wife and their young children. Brown had grown up in Hudson, and the house replaced an earlier log dwelling beside the tannery he ran with his stepbrother. The family stayed only two years before moving to Pennsylvania in 1826. The property then passed to Brown's brother Oliver and stayed in the family until 1869. Oliver and Owen Brown used the farm as a hiding place for fugitive slaves. The house originally had a rectangular plan with a center entrance on the south end; wings, bay windows and a garage were added later, and the interior and exterior have been altered over time. It is described as the only tangible remains tied to Brown in Hudson, and that connection is the reason it was listed.","period_of_significance":"1824","architect_builder":"Herman Peck, carpenter","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition and in use as a private residence; the form notes many exterior and interior alterations, with wings added between 1869 and 1950.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.785047-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/77001088.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001088/763224fdfc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001088/763224fdfc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JOHN_BROWN_FARMHOUSE,_HUDSON,_SUMMIT_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JOHN_BROWN_FARMHOUSE,_HUDSON,_SUMMIT_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991655","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138748193"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/summit-county/brown-john-farmhouse-77001088/"}