{"nrhp_refnum":"80003176","name":"Mumma, Jacob H. W., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2239 Kipling Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dayton","county":"Montgomery County","state":"OH","lat":39.79018926700007,"lon":-84.24339090599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-05-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half storey brick farmhouse at 2239 Kipling Drive in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, built about 1840 by Jacob H. W. Mumma, with a barn and garage on the property.","why_significant":"The house is a good example of a Federal style farmhouse ornamented with Italianate detailing, notably an octagonal cupola. It is one of the oldest and largest structures in the area and represents the pioneer who became a successful gentleman farmer. Jacob Mumma was an early settler of Harrison Township.","narrative":"Built around 1840 on farmland north of Dayton, this two-and-a-half storey brick house combines a Federal style plan with practical farmhouse features. Laid in seven-course American bond, it has a central hall and three wings forming a T, a raised basement built into a hillside, and limestone lintels over doors and windows. An octagonal cupola at the roof intersection, added in the later nineteenth century with Italianate brackets, balustrades and pilasters, is its most prominent feature. A summer kitchen once stood beyond the rear wing; around 1900 the gap was enclosed with a matching brick addition. A frame barn and a garage remain on the property. The builder, Jacob H. W. Mumma, was born in Pennsylvania in 1792, worked as a weaver in Maryland, and came to Dayton in 1827. After turning to farming in the 1840s, his family came to control nearly 1,300 acres and became known for fruit orchards shipped across the country. The house represents that pioneer-to-gentleman-farmer story.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Jacob H. W. Mumma","architectural_style":"Federal with Italianate additions","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and altered, with a late-1800s cupola and a turn-of-the-century rear addition; used as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.648191-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003176.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003176/5961a4d260-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003176/5961a4d260-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacob_H.W._Mumma_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacob_H.W._Mumma_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100009040","name":"College Hill Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/college-hill-historic-district-100009040/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990577","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138634293"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/montgomery-county/mumma-jacob-h-w-house-80003176/"}