{"nrhp_refnum":"78002008","name":"Boesel, Julius, House","other_names":["Don Kuck House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of New Bremen on Quellhorst Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Bremen","county":"Auglaize County","state":"OH","lat":40.44899706600006,"lon":-84.37770118599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-03-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2-1/2 story brick and frame Queen Anne style mansion with a large carriage house, located about one mile north of New Bremen on Quellhorst Road, Auglaize County, Ohio, built in 1895 by J.A. Chapin of Lima for Julius Boesel.","why_significant":"The nomination calls the twenty-room house a very good local example of the Queen Anne mode. It is also important as the home of a locally prominent family, since Julius Boesel was the son of State Senator and Representative Charles Boesel, a founder of New Bremen.","narrative":"Built in 1895 for Julius Boesel, this twenty-room Queen Anne mansion sits about a mile north of New Bremen in Auglaize County, Ohio. J.A. Chapin of Lima designed and built it. The 2-1/2 story brick and frame house rises from a high stone foundation and has an irregular plan. Its east facade has a segmental arched window with a stained glass panel lettered \"JULIUS BOESEL 1895,\" a projecting bay with a bracketed pediment, a broad gable with carved cornice boards and an iron finial, and a two-story porch. Slate roofs and finials add to the detail. Behind the house stands a large carriage house with paired gables and a louvered cupola, later altered for use as a residence and general store. The house began as a secluded country home, but Route 66 was built behind it in the 1960s. It is valued as a good local example of its style and as the home of a prominent family descended from a New Bremen founder.","period_of_significance":"1895","architect_builder":"J.A. Chapin, Lima, Ohio","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and altered, on its original site. The first story has been altered, but the oak staircase and front hall are intact and the upper floors are mostly original. The carriage house is quite altered but could be restored.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.884294-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/78002008.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002008/4f86d88573-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002008/4f86d88573-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Julius_Boesel_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Julius_Boesel_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986771","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Boesel_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6309689"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/auglaize-county/boesel-julius-house-78002008/"}