{"nrhp_refnum":"79001851","name":"Booth Homestead","other_names":["Booth Home Place"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of Guernsey at 8433 Wheeling Twnshp. Rd","address_restricted":false,"city":"Guernsey","county":"Guernsey County","state":"OH","lat":40.20669926700006,"lon":-81.57679430157646,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-09-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick farmhouse, L-shaped in plan, on a rural farm north of Guernsey in Wheeling Township, Guernsey County, Ohio, built between 1849 and 1853 for (and possibly by) James Booth.","why_significant":"It is nominated as an outstanding example of a mid-nineteenth-century farmhouse built along traditional lines with Greek Revival ornamental details. It remains substantially as built, with only minor alterations. It is also tied to James Booth, a prominent stock farmer who held upwards of 700 acres.","narrative":"North of Guernsey in rural Wheeling Township, this brick farmhouse was built between 1849 and 1853 for James Booth, an English immigrant and stock farmer. Family documents say a dowry of about $1,600 paid for the land and the house. The L-shaped dwelling is laid in common bond on a tooled sandstone foundation. Its five-bay south facade has a trabeated main doorway with plain pilasters and sidelights, a gable roof with original polychromatic decoration, and a restrained molded cornice. Inside, a central hallway I-house plan survives, with pilastered fireplaces, random-width floors and an open-string stair. A wood frame addition of the 1920s is the only major change. Booth eventually controlled upwards of 700 acres and shipped cattle regularly to Pittsburgh markets. The house is valued as a well-preserved example of classically inspired vernacular architecture and of the farming heritage of northern Guernsey County. An 1880s barn stands to the east.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"James Booth","architectural_style":"Greek Revival details on a traditional farmhouse; classically-inspired vernacular architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"Marked occupied and in good condition on the form; the interior is minimally altered and the house is substantially as built.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.815888-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001851.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001851/964fcf121a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001851/964fcf121a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Bwsmith84 (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Booth_Homestead.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:Booth_Homestead.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988774","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booth_Homestead","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4943872"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/guernsey-county/booth-homestead-79001851/"}