{"nrhp_refnum":"80003033","name":"Harper, Samuel, Stone House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N of New Concord on SR 416","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Concord","county":"Guernsey County","state":"OH","lat":40.03327067400005,"lon":-81.71971910399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-01-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, five-bay sandstone I-house built in 1841 by stone mason Andrew (Archibold) Boal, located north of New Concord in western Guernsey County, Ohio, on a 145-acre farm property.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an essentially intact example of traditional \"folk\" architecture executed in stone, a material less common than brick or frame for I-houses. It also represents the work of master mason Archibold Boal, who built at least three other stone dwellings in the area. It was built for the family of William Rainey Harper, though he was not strongly associated with it.","narrative":"Built in 1841, this two-story sandstone house north of New Concord in western Guernsey County follows the I-house plan: two rooms over two rooms, divided by a central hallway. Its walls are vermiculated sandstone laid in ashlar pattern, and the only ornament is a lintel over the south doorway inscribed \"Bilt A.D. 1841 By A. Boal.\" Windows have plain stone lintels and extended sills, and the gable roof carries interior end chimneys. A large stone cooking fireplace in the west first-floor room was reopened during a later rehabilitation. A board-and-batten addition was added at the rear in 1962, and the farm includes a wood-frame bank barn. The house is valued as a restrained, stone-built example of traditional American architecture from the second quarter of the nineteenth century, and as the work of master mason Archibold Boal (1799-1862), who built at least three other stone dwellings. It was built for the family of William Rainey Harper, later the first president of the University of Chicago.","period_of_significance":"1841","architect_builder":"A. Boal","architectural_style":"Folk architecture; central-hallway I-house","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied private residence; interior described as in a fine state of repair after owner rehabilitation, with a 1962 rear addition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.283616-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003033.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003033/8a22c7596e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003033/8a22c7596e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Bwsmith84 (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Harper_Stone_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bwsmith84 (talk)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Harper_Stone_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988772","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Harper_Stone_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7411630"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/guernsey-county/harper-samuel-stone-house-80003033/"}