{"nrhp_refnum":"79003133","name":"Sells, Benjamin, Barn #1","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4586 Hayden Run Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dublin","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":40.068161340000074,"lon":-83.11551825899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-04-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story vertical plank-frame barn, about 45 by 30 feet, at 4586 Hayden Run Road in Washington Township near Dublin, Franklin County, Ohio, dating from about 1850.","why_significant":"The barn is an early farm building associated with the homestead of Benjamin Sells, an early settler in the Dublin area, who built it. Sells arrived in the Ohio region in 1802 with his wife and three brothers, and they were among Washington Township's first settlers.","narrative":"Dating from about 1850, this two-story barn on Hayden Run Road near Dublin was part of the homestead of Benjamin Sells, an early settler in the area. Sells built it himself. He came to the Ohio region in 1802 with his wife and three brothers, and the family were among the first settlers of Washington Township. The barn is a vertical plank-frame building with a gable roof of standing-seam metal, set on a coursed fieldstone foundation laid without mortar. It measures roughly 45 by 30 feet and is built into a rise in the hill, with stalls on the lower level. Sliding doors open on the north side. Inside, the original marked and pegged framing survives. A one-story shed addition was added to the rear after 1935. The surrounding setting is farmland with slightly hilly terrain that smooths into fields. The interior is in excellent condition, while the roofing and siding need repair.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Built by B. Sells (Benjamin Sells)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Interior condition listed as excellent and exterior as fair; roofing and siding noted as in need of repair. Present use is still as a barn.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:11.873755-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79003133.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985046","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/sells-benjamin-barn-1-79003133/"}