{"nrhp_refnum":"80003007","name":"Buttles, Aurora, House","other_names":["Brown,Sidney,House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"12 E. Strafford Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worthington","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":40.09108260900007,"lon":-83.01746517699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-04-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Federal-style house at 12 East Stafford Avenue in Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio, originally built for Sidney Brown, who operated a nearby grocery. The original 1838 date was later revised to 1818.","why_significant":"The inventory form calls it significant for the proportions, details and symmetry characteristic of pre-Civil War architecture in Ohio. It is described as similar in design to the Ladd-Mattoon House. It is part of the Worthington Multiple Resource Area, an early 19th-century community founded by Episcopalians from Connecticut.","narrative":"Located on a corner lot at 12 East Stafford Avenue in Worthington, Ohio, this two-story brick house was built in the Federal style for Sidney Brown, who ran a grocery nearby. Its rectangular plan has a gable roof with shingles, a limestone foundation, a five-bay front, a large end-wall chimney and very modest wooden cornice trim. Later changes include a small vestibule on the front, metal caps over the windows, and a frame wing and garage added to one gable end. The building served as a residence and grocery and was later used for law offices. It was recognized for its proportions, details and symmetry, which are characteristic of pre-Civil War architecture in Ohio, and for its similarity to the Ladd-Mattoon House. It belongs to Worthington's group of early buildings reflecting New England heritage. A 1991 amendment changed its name to the Aurora Buttles House and its construction date from 1838 to 1818.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Inventory (1980) lists the exterior and interior as good and the building as used for law offices, in a zoned commercial area. Additions include a frame wing and garage and a small vestibule.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.19892-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003007.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003007/208e32e034-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003007/208e32e034-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Don O'Brien","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aurora_Buttles_House_aka_Sidney_Brown_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Don O'Brien</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aurora_Buttles_House_aka_Sidney_Brown_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"10000190","name":"Worthington Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/worthington-historic-district-10000190/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985133","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138338078"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/buttles-aurora-house-80003007/"}