{"nrhp_refnum":"79001825","name":"Greenwood Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Delaware off U.S. 42","address_restricted":false,"city":"Delaware","county":"Delaware County","state":"OH","lat":40.31170727150004,"lon":-83.06126345352976,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-04-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Greenwood Farm is a mid-nineteenth century farm complex near Delaware in Delaware Township, Delaware County, Ohio, with six buildings, four of them significant. The main brick farmhouse dates from the early 1850s and the bank barn from 1854, both tied to the Vergon family.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a well-preserved, nearly intact nineteenth century farm complex that stayed in the Vergon family for over 140 years. It is also significant as the home of Frederick Vergon, a nationally recognized orchardist credited with the grass mulch system of horticulture. The innovative apple storage building and the fine bank barn add to its agricultural and architectural interest.","narrative":"Greenwood Farm is a group of mid-nineteenth century farm buildings about a quarter mile northeast of Delaware, Ohio. Six buildings remain, four of them considered significant: a small brick house probably built in the 1840s, a brick main farmhouse from the early 1850s, a large braced-frame bank barn on a limestone foundation, and an apple storage building. A cornerstone on the barn records its erection by J. J. Vergon and Sons in 1854. The apple storage building was an innovative design, with an iced frame section and an insulated brick section that kept fruit from spoiling until late spring or early summer. The farm was settled by John and Elizabeth Vergon, who came from southern France in 1834, and it remained in the family afterward. Their son Frederick Vergon became a nationally recognized orchardist, established one of Ohio's first commercial orchards in 1888, and built the nearby Greenwood Lake amusement park. The complex was listed as a nearly intact nineteenth century farm.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"J.J. Vergon & Sons","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Buildings in fair to good condition; the owner was restoring the complex at the time of nomination. The form marks the status as both occupied and unoccupied.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.277801-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001825.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988030","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/delaware-county/greenwood-farm-79001825/"}