{"nrhp_refnum":"78002018","name":"Hertzler, Daniel, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W of Springfield off OH 4","address_restricted":false,"city":"Springfield","county":"Clark County","state":"OH","lat":39.90937562100004,"lon":-83.91097675499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-02-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Military","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-section brick house in Pennsylvania \"Bank Style\" near the western edge of George Rogers Clark Park, west of Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, built about 1854 for Daniel Hertzler with a contemporary stone-and-timber barn nearby.","why_significant":"The nomination cites the house as an unusually large and complex example of Pennsylvania bank-style architecture in Clark County. It also links the site to the 1780 Battle of Piqua, an early settler's cabin claim, and the 1867 unsolved murder of mill owner and financier Daniel Hertzler.","narrative":"Located within a city-owned battlefield memorial park west of Springfield, this brick house was built around 1854 for Daniel Hertzler, a mill owner and financier who came to Clark County from Pennsylvania in 1840. Its Pennsylvania bank-style design includes four connected sections, with matching ogee brick cornices and six-over-six windows on the two earliest parts. The main block has four rooms on each floor, and a large walk-in fireplace in the third section once hid an iron safe. A stone-and-timber barn built in 1854 stands northeast of the house. The nomination argues that few similar houses in the county approach its size and complexity. It also points to the site's long history, including the 1780 Battle of Piqua, an early settler's cabin, and Hertzler's unsolved murder in 1867. Later owners donated land that became the park, and the house is being restored as a period museum.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Pennsylvania \"Bank Style\"","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the city park board; the second floor was remodeled for a caretaker couple, and the house was being refurbished as a period museum. The barn is used for storage by an arts council.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.443328-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/78002018.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002018/844394ea76-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002018/844394ea76-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daniel_Hertzler_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daniel_Hertzler_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987046","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Hertzler_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28147969"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/clark-county/hertzler-daniel-house-78002018/"}