{"nrhp_refnum":"79002736","name":"Shipherd, John J., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NW corner of East Ave. and 8th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Elyria","county":"Lorain County","state":"OH","lat":41.35988865100006,"lon":-82.10429458599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-08-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A plain two-story wood-frame vernacular house, dated 1830, at the northwest corner of East Avenue and 8th Street in Elyria, Ohio. It was moved to this site from the northeast corner of East Avenue and Second Street.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is of great interest because the Rev. John J. Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart met in an upstairs bedroom in the winter of 1832-33 and drew up the Oberlin Covenant. That document laid out the plans for founding Oberlin College. The house retains some historic features.","narrative":"This two-story wood-frame house in Elyria, Ohio, dates to about 1830 and sits on a small corner lot at East Avenue and 8th Street. It is a plain, vernacular building with a T-shaped plan, a sandstone foundation, a gable roof and a five-bay front. The front porch and probably the rear portions were added when the house was moved from its original site at East Avenue and Second Street. The interior has been altered to create two apartments, though some historic features remain and the basic structure is described as sound. The house is notable for its link to the founding of Oberlin College. In the winter of 1832-33, the Rev. John J. Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart met in an upstairs bedroom here and drew up the Oberlin Covenant, which set out plans for the college. The inventory notes that no other known building is associated with Shipherd.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"John J. Shipherd (listed as builder)","architectural_style":"Vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as duplex apartments; condition listed as fair inside and out, with some disrepair. It was being offered for sale at the time of the inventory.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.263152-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79002736.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002736/4a260261a6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002736/4a260261a6-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_J._Shipherd_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_J._Shipherd_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985790","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138507674"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lorain-county/shipherd-john-j-house-79002736/"}