{"nrhp_refnum":"78002209","name":"Stone, Capt. Jonathan, House","other_names":["Barrett, Dr. Thomas and Janet, House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"612 Blennerhassett Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Belpre","county":"Washington County","state":"OH","lat":39.27107037900004,"lon":-81.57680404499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-02-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story timber-frame house at 612 Blennerhassett Avenue in Belpre, Washington County, Ohio, built in 1799 by Captain Jonathan Stone and moved by oxen in 1825 to avoid flooding.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a well-preserved example of the earliest substantial architecture in Ohio and the oldest existing building in Belpre. It is also tied to Captain Stone, an Ohio Company settler and surveyor, and his son Col. John Stone, a prominent abolitionist who helped escaped slaves.","narrative":"Built in 1799, this two-story timber-frame house in Belpre, Ohio, is the oldest surviving building in the town, which was settled ten years earlier. Its frame uses hand-hewn timbers joined with wooden pegs and rests on a coursed sandstone foundation. The facade has five bays, twelve-over-twelve windows with louvered shutters, and a paneled door with a transom and pilasters. In June 1825 fifty yoke of oxen moved the house 400 yards from the riverbank to avoid flooding, and it was relocated in a single day. Later additions and c. 1960 alterations changed parts of the structure, though most original mantels and woodwork remain inside. Captain Jonathan Stone, a Revolutionary War veteran, surveyor and Ohio Company landholder, built it and lived there. His son, Col. John Stone, later lived in the house and was a well-known abolitionist who helped many escaped slaves travel north.","period_of_significance":"1799","architect_builder":"Jonathan Stone","architectural_style":"Federal period, described as comparable to better New England farm houses of the Revolutionary era","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as excellent condition, altered and moved; occupied as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.102024-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/78002209.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002209/c8026e677a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002209/c8026e677a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Bwsmith84 (talk).","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Capt._Jonathan_Stone_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bwsmith84 (talk).</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Capt._Jonathan_Stone_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991911","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Jonathan_Stone_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5036697"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/washington-county/stone-capt-jonathan-house-78002209/"}