{"nrhp_refnum":"79002809","name":"J & M Trading Post - Annex","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Leesville Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Leesville","county":"Crawford County","state":"OH","lat":40.79517314000003,"lon":-82.78795156599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-04-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small rectangular building with rusticated stone foundation and poplar beveled siding, built about 1830 at 6867 Leesville Road in Leesville Village, Jefferson Township, Crawford County, Ohio, next to the J & M Trading Post.","why_significant":"The building is an excellent example of mortise and tenon construction and remains very close to its original form. It was owned alongside the neighboring general store and likely served as a residence or rooming house for its proprietors, so it figured in Leesville's early history.","narrative":"This small annex building in Leesville Village, Crawford County, Ohio, dates to about 1830 and sits beside the J & M Trading Post on Leesville Road. It is built in the Western Reserve style with mortise and tenon framing, a foundation of rusticated stone cut from a local quarry, and poplar beveled siding. A standing seam tin roof was laid over the original shakes, and a small rear addition was made around 1880. Otherwise the building remains very close to its original form. The horsehair plaster on the interior has been removed, exposing the beam framework. The building was owned in early Leesville history together with the neighboring structure known as Lee's General Store, and it was probably used as a residence or rooming house by that store's proprietors. Little is documented about its actual use, but its age and location suggest a role in the village's early development. It served as a residence in the twentieth century and is now vacant, with restoration planned.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Western Reserve","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as vacant at the time of the survey; good interior and fair exterior condition, with complete restoration being planned.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.810486-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79002809.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984576","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/crawford-county/j-and-m-trading-post-annex-79002809/"}