{"nrhp_refnum":"79003859","name":"Cassell, Henry, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"23 High St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fredericktown","county":"Knox County","state":"OH","lat":40.48412130600008,"lon":-82.54428889899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-11-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame house on High Street in Fredericktown, Knox County, Ohio, built around 1850 by Henry Cassell on the southwest corner of a bend in the street.","why_significant":"The house is considered distinctive for its unusual pair of Greek Revival entrances stacked one above the other in the center of the front facade. These are sheltered by an elaborate two-level Gothic Revival porch that may be a later addition. It also stayed in the Cassell family across several generations.","narrative":"Built around 1850 by Henry Cassell, this two-story frame house sits on a corner lot at a bend in High Street in Fredericktown, Ohio. It has a sandstone foundation, clapboard siding, a gable roof with asphalt shingles, and a T-shaped plan with a one-story wing at the rear. Its most unusual feature is a pair of Greek Revival entrances placed one above the other in the center of the front facade. A robust two-level Gothic Revival porch covers both doorways and may have been added after the original construction. The house passed from Henry Cassell to his son Harry and then to Harry's son Hobart, so it stayed with one family for several generations. It remains a residence in a residential part of town, with shade trees and shrubbery on the lot. The combination of stacked entrances and the elaborate porch is what makes the house distinctive and led to its inclusion among the historic resources of Fredericktown.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Henry Cassell (built the house)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival - Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a residence; interior and exterior condition both listed as very good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.236162-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79003859.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003859/cd83315b98-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003859/cd83315b98-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Cassell_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Cassell_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985544","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138391354"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/knox-county/cassell-henry-house-79003859/"}