{"nrhp_refnum":"80003155","name":"Bretz Farm","other_names":["Richard Lininger Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"197 Morrall-Kirkpatrick Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Morrall","county":"Marion County","state":"OH","lat":40.67903986500005,"lon":-83.1486498118715,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-01-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farm complex near Morral in Grand Prairie Township, Marion County, Ohio, with an 1870s Italian Villa-style farmhouse, barns, outbuildings and a relocated brick schoolhouse on 411 acres of the original 488-acre Bretz farm.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farmhouse is a superb example of 1870s Italian Villa architecture, with its ornate cupola, brackets and porch trim. The farm was also notable agriculturally: it was among the largest in the area and was described in 1883 as one of the finest farms in the county. It also reflects diversified post-Civil War Ohio farming and a long association with the Bretz family.","narrative":"Bretz Farm is a working agricultural complex near Morral in Marion County, Ohio, centered on a two-story Italian Villa-style farmhouse built by Andrew D. Bretz in the 1870s. The wood frame house has a truncated hipped roof, a bracketed cupola, paired brackets, frieze panels with circular medallions, and bracketed porches. It appears almost unchanged from its depiction in an 1878 atlas. Around it stand an L-shaped barn, smaller outbuildings, older and newer barns, and a small brick schoolhouse moved from a nearby intersection. The nominated land totals 411 acres of the original 488-acre farm, which was large for its time, when the average Ohio farm was 111 acres. An 1883 county history called it one of the finest farms in the county. The Bretz family, early township settlers, kept the farm until 1964. Its architecture, hilltop setting and diversified farming made it a local landmark.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Andrew D. Bretz (builder of the present house)","architectural_style":"Italian Villa","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in agricultural use; condition listed as good and unaltered. The farm remained with the Bretz family until 1964.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.713839-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003155.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003155/605d6badf2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003155/605d6badf2-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bretz_Farm_driveway.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bretz_Farm_driveway.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990164","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138569889"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/marion-county/bretz-farm-80003155/"}