{"nrhp_refnum":"78002188","name":"Shelby House","other_names":["The Old Coach House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"403 W. State St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Botkins","county":"Shelby County","state":"OH","lat":40.467384337000055,"lon":-84.18675247999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-12-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A plain frame railroad hotel at 403 West State Street in Botkins, Shelby County, Ohio, built in 1864-65 by Philip Sheets, Sr. It is also known as the Old Coach House.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the hotel was the nearest railroad-station hotel for many towns in Shelby and Auglaize Counties until 1900. It was also built and run by the Sheets family, whose business enterprises affected the economy of Botkins and Shelby County for over a century.","narrative":"Built in 1864-65 beside the Dayton and Michigan Railroad line in Botkins, Ohio, this plain frame hotel sits directly on the sidewalk of State Street. Philip Sheets, Sr., a Texas Ranger and Mexican War veteran born in Baden, Germany, built it after his disability discharge from the Civil War. It has a cut limestone foundation, evenly spaced 6/6 windows, two central paneled doors and a wide friezeboard under the overhang. Additions at the rear were built in the late 1800s as business grew. The hotel housed travelers, salesmen and tiehackers, then became a rooming house after automobiles drew passengers from the trains, and later served as storage and a business. It is significant as the closest railroad-station hotel for many Shelby and Auglaize County towns until 1900, and for the Sheets family, whose banking, manufacturing and grain businesses shaped the local economy. The Botkins Historical Society bought the deteriorated building in 1975 and began repairs, including a new wood shingle roof in 1977.","period_of_significance":"1864-65","architect_builder":"Philip Sheets, Sr.","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Purchased in 1975 by the Botkins Historical Society, which has begun maintenance and hopes to restore it as a museum; the form marks it unoccupied and in good condition.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.384312-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/78002188.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002188/478aa09f29-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002188/478aa09f29-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shelby_House_in_Botkins.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shelby_House_in_Botkins.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991321","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_House_(Botkins,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7493399"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/shelby-county/shelby-house-78002188/"}