{"nrhp_refnum":"78002014","name":"Fitz Randolph-Rogers House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5467 Liberty-Fairfield Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hamilton","county":"Butler County","state":"OH","lat":39.41906873700003,"lon":-84.47910434299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-02-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Greek Revival brick farmhouse at 5467 Liberty-Fairfield Road in the vicinity of Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, built into a hillside over 1840-1844 for Benjamin Fitz Randolph.","why_significant":"The house is where Sarah Elizabeth Rogers wrote a Civil War diary that portrays political and social life in southwestern Ohio, including the views of a Peace Democrat or Copperhead. It is also an unusual example of Greek Revival design built into a slope.","narrative":"Set into a natural slope east of Hamilton, this brick farmhouse was built between 1840 and 1844 for Benjamin Fitz Randolph, a Liberty Township farmer who also operated a tannery. Its front shows one and a half stories while the rear rises two and a half. Features include a recessed central entrance flanked by square columns, cut stone lintels, paired end chimneys and a center hall plan with four rooms per floor. The farm was sold in 1860 to the widow Lydia Rogers. Her daughter Sarah Elizabeth kept a diary, partly published in 1951 as \"Country Life During the Civil War.\" It records the outlook of an Ohio Peace Democrat who supported Clement Vallandigham and describes rural cultural, educational and social life in the 1860s. The Rogers family owned the house until 1931, when physician Henry Lee Good bought it and added a stone wine cellar, a rear veranda, a garage and a bathroom addition. The house is recognized for its literary and social associations and for its unusual hillside Greek Revival design.","period_of_significance":"1840-1844","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.07597-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/78002014.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986979","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitz_Randolph%E2%80%93Rogers_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5455560"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/butler-county/fitz-randolph-rogers-house-78002014/"}