{"nrhp_refnum":"80003179","name":"Schuter Carpenter Shop and House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3224 W. Alexandersville-Bellbrook Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Carrollton","county":"Montgomery County","state":"OH","lat":39.673496329000045,"lon":-84.22682027999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-09-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small one-and-one-half story carpenter shop and an adjoining two-and-one-half story house on Alexandersville-Bellbrook Road near West Carrollton, Montgomery County, Ohio, built around 1900 by carpenter Charles Schuter.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is architecturally significant as a unique example of the Eastlake style in its massing and detail. It is historically significant as one of the last remnants of early commercial West Carrollton. Schuter was a local craftsman who helped build the turn-of-the-century community, and the ornate shop likely advertised his skills.","narrative":"A carpenter shop and a house sit side by side on Alexandersville-Bellbrook Road, just west of State Route 741 near West Carrollton, Ohio. Charles Schuter, born in 1869, received half an acre from his father-in-law after his marriage and in 1900 built both buildings. The one-and-one-half story shop has novelty wood siding, a limestone foundation, a scrolled spindle overhang above the entrance and a gabled dormer with a carved cross brace. A passageway links it to the two-and-one-half story house, which has fish scale shingles in its gable ends and a Doric columned porch. Schuter made decorative details for homes in warm months and tobacco shipping boxes in winter. The ornate shop probably advertised his craftsmanship. The property was described as the last commercial building of its period in West Carrollton, a city that had cleared many such structures. It is valued as an example of Eastlake style and as a reminder of early local commerce.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Charles Schuter","architectural_style":"Eastlake","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and unaltered, on its original site, and occupied as a private residence; the form notes it is threatened by a road widening project.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.071915-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003179.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003179/3dfad99912-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003179/3dfad99912-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Pjsham","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schuter_Carpenter_Shop_and_House_3.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:Schuter_Carpenter_Shop_and_House_3.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990528","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138638584"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/montgomery-county/schuter-carpenter-shop-and-house-80003179/"}