{"nrhp_refnum":"79001919","name":"Peairs Homestead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E of Zanesville on OH 146","address_restricted":false,"city":"Zanesville","county":"Muskingum County","state":"OH","lat":39.91219195700006,"lon":-81.89804606845543,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-02-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-story vernacular frame farmhouse and its surrounding 280-acre farm on State Route 146 (Chandlersville Road), east of Zanesville in Muskingum County, Ohio, built in 1850 by David Peairs.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as an early surviving example of settlement architecture along the old Clay Pike, though it shows no particular style. It also gained significance in transportation because it served as an inn for itinerant drovers. The 280 acres are the original Peairs family farm and survive as a remnant of the township's agricultural heritage.","narrative":"Along State Route 146 east of Zanesville, a grey-painted, white-trimmed frame farmhouse sits on 280 acres of farmland that the Peairs family first held. David Peairs built the 2½-story house in 1850 on the foundation of an earlier brick home that deteriorated. David was a local farmer, militia colonel, magistrate and eventually a state legislator. His son George later used the house as an inn for itinerant drovers, which added a transportation role. Four generations of the family lived there until the late 1960s. The house has seven bays across the front, a deep porch, slate roof, and an interior largely unaltered apart from modern kitchen and bathroom facilities. Fireplaces remain, and the woodwork is chestnut and walnut. Older outbuildings include a large transverse crib barn and a sheep barn. The property was recognized as an early example of settlement architecture along the old Clay Pike and as a surviving piece of the township's agricultural landscape.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"David Peairs","architectural_style":"Vernacular frame; the form states the house exhibits no particular style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in excellent condition, used as a private residence and agriculture; the farm is still actively farmed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.320729-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001919.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"07000025","name":"Muskingum River Navigation Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/muskingum-river-navigation-historic-district-07000025/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990648","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138645717"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/muskingum-county/peairs-homestead-79001919/"}