{"nrhp_refnum":"79002804","name":"Harshey, John, Residence","other_names":["Larson,W.J.,Residence"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4270 Bath Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bath Center","county":"Summit County","state":"OH","lat":41.16859935800005,"lon":-81.65177588999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-06-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, wood frame house at 4270 Bath Road in Bath Center, Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio, dating from about 1875. It has a stone foundation, clapboard siding and a gable shingle roof.","why_significant":"The house is tied to John Harshey, who moved to Bath in 1849 and became one of the county's leading agriculturalists. He owned the 148-acre lot on which it stands in 1874 and about 345 acres elsewhere in Bath. The house is also notable for its decorative woodwork.","narrative":"This two-story wood frame house at 4270 Bath Road in Bath Center, Summit County, dates from about 1875. It is long and rectangular, with a stone foundation, clapboard walls and a steeply gabled shingle roof. Decorative details include gingerbread and vertical saw-tooth siding in each gable, carved gabled architraves, tall windows that run full height on the lower level, a narrow paneled door, and a bracketed front porch with paired spindle columns and a saw-tooth frieze. The house is linked to John Harshey, who moved to Bath with his family in 1849. He owned the 148-acre lot on which it stands in 1874, along with other Bath property totaling 345 acres. Harshey raised good stock and was regarded as one of the leading agriculturalists in the county. His family held land across the township, and he had sold this lot by 1891. The house sits on a hillside, with a newer housing development behind it and open land across the road.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Exterior condition is described as very good; the house is still used as a residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.325046-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79002804.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002804/cc60e3ecde-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002804/cc60e3ecde-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JOHN_HARSHEY_RESIDENCE,_SUMMIT_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JOHN_HARSHEY_RESIDENCE,_SUMMIT_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986262","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138697755"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/summit-county/harshey-john-residence-79002804/"}