{"nrhp_refnum":"78002207","name":"McKay, Moses, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E of Waynesville, on New Burlington Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waynesville","county":"Warren County","state":"OH","lat":39.54367588900004,"lon":-84.01569745199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-02-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, five-bay brick farmhouse east of Waynesville on New Burlington Road in Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, built in 1818 by Moses McKay from brick made on the site.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a fine example of a modified Greek Revival southern Ohio farmhouse with unusual original woodwork and hand stencilling. It also reports that the McKay family, who were Quakers, operated an Underground Railroad station there from about 1837 or 1839 through the Civil War, using a hidden cellar beneath the original kitchen.","narrative":"East of Waynesville in Warren County, Ohio, stands a five-bay, two-story brick farmhouse built in 1818 by Moses McKay, a Virginia Quaker. The bricks were dug and fired on the site. The house has six-over-six windows, a Greek Revival entranceway with a leaded glass transom, and original wood doors, floors and trim inside. Hand stencilling in three rooms, including spinning wheels, tulips and ivy leaves, was found preserved under later wallpaper. Roof trusses are hewn and joined with wooden pins. A log smokehouse and woodshed survive. McKay freed the people he had brought to Ohio as slaves soon after arriving. His grandson Jonas McKay and his wife Matilda Ferguson later operated an Underground Railroad station in the house, said to have hidden up to eight people in a circular cellar beneath the original kitchen. The cellar remains, though the false hearth entrance was removed. The house was listed for its architecture and this reported role in aiding escape from slavery.","period_of_significance":"1818","architect_builder":"Moses McKay","architectural_style":"Modified Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as vacant. Protective measures were taken against deterioration and vandalism while its future use was undecided; condition is rated good.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.397425-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/78002207.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002207/7722728e75-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002207/7722728e75-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moses_McKay_House_after_restoration.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moses_McKay_House_after_restoration.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991869","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138762902"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/warren-county/mckay-moses-house-78002207/"}