{"nrhp_refnum":"79001848","name":"McCracken-McFarland House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"216 N. 8th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cambridge","county":"Guernsey County","state":"OH","lat":40.026796639000054,"lon":-81.58979746599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-02-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A wood frame house at 216 North Eighth Street in Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio, probably built in the 1820s for blacksmith William McCracken and moved about 200 feet to its present site in 1915.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as one of the few surviving examples of Cambridge's early settlement-era architecture, with secondary significance as a largely intact classically influenced vernacular house. It is also tied to McCracken, an early civic leader, and to the Rev. Dr. William H. McFarland, a long-serving local minister who lived there for more than forty years.","narrative":"This wood frame house at 216 North Eighth Street in Cambridge, Ohio, dates to the 1820s and is one of the few remaining buildings from the town's settlement period. It was probably built for William McCracken, a Pennsylvania native who arrived in 1809, worked as the village blacksmith, and helped found the town's United Presbyterian Church in 1822. In 1868 the house was bought by the Rev. Dr. William H. McFarland, who led that congregation for forty years, served as a Civil War chaplain, and took part in local civic projects. His family kept the property after his death. In 1915 his son moved the house about 200 feet to make room for a new residence and added the front porch. The building has a five-bay facade, shiplap siding, a slate gable roof, and early rear additions. His daughter held it until 1966, when it passed to the Guernsey County Historical Society for use as a museum.","period_of_significance":"1820s","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival-influenced / classically-influenced vernacular architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the Guernsey County Historical Society and used as its museum since 1966; listed as occupied and open to the public without restriction.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.278742-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001848.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001848/17f0cb6916-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001848/17f0cb6916-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Bwsmith84 (talk).","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McCracken_McFarland_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:McCracken_McFarland_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988796","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCracken-McFarland_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6800664"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/guernsey-county/mccracken-mcfarland-house-79001848/"}