{"nrhp_refnum":"79001923","name":"Williams, Abner, Log House","other_names":["Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Neffs House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NE of Lashley","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lashley","county":"Noble County","state":"OH","lat":39.94628688500006,"lon":-81.36037133799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-06-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story hewn log house with a loft, built about 1827 by Abner Williams northeast of Lashley in Noble County, Ohio, with a surviving two-story wood frame barn nearby.","why_significant":"It is nominated as a representative example of hewn log architecture from the second quarter of the 19th century in Ohio, in a region where strip mining has destroyed much historic fabric. It is also tied to the Williams family, Quaker early settlers, and to Abner Williams, a successful farmer and one of the first Justices of the Peace of Wayne Township.","narrative":"This two-story hewn log house with a loft stands northeast of Lashley in Noble County, Ohio, at the corner of State Route 761 and Township Road 166. Abner Williams bought the land in 1827 and settled there, and the house dates to about that year. It has a stone foundation, steeple-notched corners, a gabled roof now covered in corrugated metal, and a steep enclosed winding stair. A rear lean-to remains, while a kitchen addition was removed around 1930. A two-story frame barn is the only surviving outbuilding. The house is considered a representative example of log building from the second quarter of the 19th century, in an area along the Muskingum River drainage known for log architecture. Its survival matters in a region heavily affected by strip mining. Williams came from a Quaker family of early settlers, farmed up to 292 acres, and served as one of the first Justices of the Peace of Wayne Township. His son Thomas served in the state legislature. Tenant farmers lived in the house until 1925.","period_of_significance":"c. 1827","architect_builder":"Abner Williams","architectural_style":"Hewn log construction, typical of the second quarter of the 19th century in Ohio","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as vacant. The house was occupied by tenant farmers until 1925 and then remained unoccupied. Condition is marked fair, and the barn is in good condition.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.287751-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001923.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001923/ae7b5d8dbe-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001923/ae7b5d8dbe-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Bwsmith84 (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abner_Williams_Log_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:Abner_Williams_Log_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990793","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abner_Williams_Log_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4668161"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/noble-county/williams-abner-log-house-79001923/"}