{"nrhp_refnum":"78002202","name":"Crane, Jonathan, Farm","other_names":["Clement Ranallo Residence"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Franklin on OH 741","address_restricted":false,"city":"Franklin","county":"Warren County","state":"OH","lat":39.48636754800003,"lon":-84.25252321399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-02-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, T-shaped brick farmhouse with surviving outbuildings on a 5-acre lot south of Red Lion, near Franklin, Warren County, Ohio. It was built in 1811 for farmer Jonathan Crane.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as a fine, sturdy example of rural architecture that has survived since 1811 in livable condition. It also links the property to Jonathan Crane, an early settler and skilled farmer who devised an early irrigation system, and to the Todd family, who owned the farm for some 82 years and contributed to Red Lion's civic life.","narrative":"Built in 1811 south of Red Lion in Warren County, Ohio, this two-story, T-shaped farmhouse was built of three-course brick made on the land itself. Its style appears to be Federal, with later Greek Revival touches. A date of 1811 is set in fired brick on the north wall. Inside are hand-hewn walnut attic beams marked with Roman numerals, wide-plank floors, and eight fireplaces. An addition was made after the 1850s, and the house was modernized in the 1930s. Jonathan Crane bought 247 acres from Judge Symmes and became a respected farmer who set up irrigation ditches and a mill dam that protected his fields during the flooding of 1817. The Crane family was among the first settlers in the area, and the first school stood on his land. John Todd's family bought the farm in 1832 and lived there for about 82 years, taking part in the Grange, school, church and other community life in Red Lion.","period_of_significance":"1811","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal, with later Greek Revival touches","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; described as in very livable condition, with a brick smokehouse and a frame summer kitchen in poor condition remaining.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.168997-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/78002202.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002202/6d0d8e0eef-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002202/6d0d8e0eef-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Generic1139","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jonathan_Crane_Farm.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Generic1139</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jonathan_Crane_Farm.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991824","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138754290"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/warren-county/crane-jonathan-farm-78002202/"}