{"nrhp_refnum":"80003169","name":"Pease Homestead","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2123 Alexander-Bellbrook Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Centerville","county":"Montgomery County","state":"OH","lat":39.67156481400008,"lon":-84.20638129399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-08-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Economics","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and one half story brick Federal farmhouse with outbuildings on a 2.5-acre wooded lot along Alexander-Bellbrook Road in Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio, built about 1830 for Horace Pease.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is architecturally significant as a Federal farmhouse representative of its era in massing and trim. It is historically significant as the early Montgomery County home of Horace Pease, a prominent businessman and citizen who ran distilling and flour milling businesses and served in public roles.","narrative":"Built around 1830, this brick Federal farmhouse sits on a wooded 2.5-acre lot along Alexander-Bellbrook Road in Centerville, with Hole's Creek forming its northern edge. The main block has four bays, recessed six-over-six windows with star-cutout wooden blinds, a corbelled brick cornice and a cross-and-Bible entrance door. A wooden kitchen wing was added early, and a brick addition and entrance porch date from about 1925. Several outbuildings survive, including a smoke house, a summer kitchen with root cellar, and a carriage house. The property is tied to Horace Pease, born in Connecticut in 1791, who bought the land with his brother in 1829. Pease operated a fruit distillery and flour mills, later moved to Dayton, and served as a bank director, legislator and county commissioner. The house stayed in the family until 1889. His granddaughter Helen Clegg Winters bought it in 1922 and restored and enlarged it. It was listed for its Federal architecture and its Pease connection.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition, altered, on its original site; the form marks it as unoccupied and as a private residence. The carriage house/garage is described as now an apartment.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.440878-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003169.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003169/f0770743ee-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003169/f0770743ee-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Pjsham","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pease_Homestead_1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pjsham</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pease_Homestead_1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990508","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138590726"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/montgomery-county/pease-homestead-80003169/"}