{"nrhp_refnum":"79003134","name":"Sells, Benjamin, Barn #2","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 mid-19th-century timber-frame barn at 4586 Hayden Run Road in Washington Township near Dublin, Franklin County, Ohio, dated to about 1850 and part of the Benjamin Sells homestead.","why_significant":"The barn is one of two original barns in the Benjamin Sells homestead complex. Benjamin Sells, with his father and three brothers, was among the earliest settlers of Washington Township. It also has an unusually finished interior and hand-hewn, pegged construction.","narrative":"This barn at 4586 Hayden Run Road in Washington Township, near Dublin, Ohio, dates to about 1850 and is one of two original barns in the Benjamin Sells homestead complex. It is a rectangular, mortised-and-tenon frame building with hand-hewn beams, set on a coursed fieldstone foundation with a dry stone wall. Vertical plank siding, a standing-seam metal gable roof and a louvered opening in the east gable end are painted deep red. Doors are located at the east and west ends. Inside, horizontal lath strips line the walls, giving the barn an unusually finished appearance. Benjamin Sells, together with his father and three brothers, was among the earliest settlers of Washington Township, which ties the barn to the area's first generation of farmers. The barn remains in agricultural use, and its interior and exterior are recorded as being in good condition within a farm setting of gently hilly terrain.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Interior and exterior condition are listed as good; the barn is still used as a barn. It sits in a farm setting on slightly hilly terrain.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.751915-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79003134.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985048","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/sells-benjamin-barn-2-79003134/"}