{"nrhp_refnum":"78002170","name":"Mitchell, Randolph, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Rush Creek Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Reading","county":"Perry County","state":"OH","lat":39.81010254900008,"lon":-82.35338728999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-12-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Federal-style residence on Rush Creek Road in New Reading, Perry County, Ohio, completed in 1828 for local merchant Randolph Mitchell. It is L-shaped and sits on a tooled sandstone foundation, with a smokehouse and a braced-frame barn.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the finest and most intact examples of Federal architecture in the area and an important part of the township's settlement architecture. It stands in New Reading, the first settlement in Perry County, and was home to a merchant whose house hosted the area's first Methodist congregation.","narrative":"Built in 1828, the Randolph Mitchell House is a brick Federal residence in New Reading, the first settlement in Perry County, Ohio. L-shaped and set on a tooled sandstone foundation, it has a five-bay facade with a central entrance featuring an eight-panel door, fanlight, sidelights and slender Ionic columns. A date stone in the east gable reads \"R.M. 1828.\" Inside, a central hall with a molded semi-elliptical archway, an open-string stair, classical mantels, a built-in cupboard and traces of stencilled decoration reflect Adam Style detailing. A brick smokehouse and a large braced-frame barn with two cupolas survive on the property. Mitchell, described in an 1883 county history as a noted old-time merchant, bought several village lots in 1819. The area's first Methodist congregation was organized in his house. The home stayed in his family for more than a century, passing through his wife, his daughter and her physician husband, and later descendants, until its sale in 1951.","period_of_significance":"1828","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal (Adam Style detailing)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Privately owned; listed as a private residence, in good condition and altered; the form marks it occupied or unoccupied only ambiguously.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.718293-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/78002170.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002170/702272ccfc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002170/702272ccfc-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Randolph_Mitchell_House_in_New_Reading.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Randolph_Mitchell_House_in_New_Reading.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990872","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph_Mitchell_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14716792"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/perry-county/mitchell-randolph-house-78002170/"}