{"nrhp_refnum":"79001864","name":"Travellers' Rest Inn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jefferson St. and McArthur Way","address_restricted":false,"city":"Greenfield","county":"Highland County","state":"OH","lat":39.35216209200007,"lon":-83.37840583599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-05-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story limestone inn built in 1812 by Noble Crawford in Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio. It was dismantled and rebuilt in 1966-1970 at the southeast corner of Jefferson Street and McArthur Way.","why_significant":"The inn was the first stone structure in Greenfield and is described as an excellent example of early stone architecture in southern Ohio. It housed the town's first post office, with Crawford as postmaster, and served travelers as a tavern and inn. Its careful reconstruction saved the town's oldest building from demolition.","narrative":"Built in 1812 by Noble Crawford, Travellers' Rest Inn was the first stone structure in Greenfield, Ohio. The two-story limestone building has a gabled wood-shingle roof, three bays across the front and chimneys at each end in the Federal style. It began as a tavern and inn offering plank tables and rented blankets, and a post office opened there in 1813 with Crawford as postmaster. The building later held a doctor's office and then served as a family home into the 1930s. In 1965 the site was slated for a service station, so the Greenfield Historical Society acquired the inn. Its stucco and rear frame addition were removed, and the stones were numbered and taken down. The inn was rebuilt on a nearby lot between 1966 and 1970, reusing the hand-hewn beams and reconstructing the fireplaces. Today it serves as a public museum and survives as the town's oldest building.","period_of_significance":"1812; rebuilt 1966-1970","architect_builder":"Noble Crawford, builder","architectural_style":"Federal (chimneys at either end in the Federal style); early southern Ohio stone architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"Moved in 1966 and rebuilt by 1970 with a new concrete foundation and basement; owned by the local historical society and used as a public facility/museum.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.059247-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001864.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001864/1f1e7eebd0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001864/1f1e7eebd0-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Travellers%27_Rest_Inn_at_Greenfield.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Travellers%27_Rest_Inn_at_Greenfield.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989347","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travellers%27_Rest_Inn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7836060"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/highland-county/travellers-rest-inn-79001864/"}