{"nrhp_refnum":"80003181","name":"Hunter, James, Stone House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E of Adamsville on Mercer Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Adamsville","county":"Muskingum County","state":"OH","lat":40.07095034200006,"lon":-81.79915635599997,"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 1½-story sandstone farmhouse built in 1835 east of Adamsville in Highland Township, Muskingum County, Ohio, with an associated bank barn and stone barnyard fence.","why_significant":"It is nominated for architectural significance as the work of local master mason Archibald Boal (1799-1862). Stone houses were rare in the poor township, and this one is one of only two in its quarter of Highland Township. Its form is also unusual, adapted to a hillside rather than following the common I-house plan.","narrative":"Built in 1835 east of Adamsville, this 1½-story farmhouse is constructed entirely of vermiculated sandstone quarried nearby. It sits partly into a hillside, facing uphill toward its farm outbuildings, with the rear overlooking broad bottomland. The builder's initials and the date are carved into the lintel over the main door. Nearby stands a 62-by-40-foot bank barn on a sandstone foundation marked with the initials J.H. and the year 1827, suggesting the barn is older than the house, along with a stone-fenced barnyard. The house is credited to Archibald Boal, a mason from Morgan County who settled near Norwich in 1830 and built stone houses across the region in the late 1830s and early 1840s. Stone houses were uncommon in this poor township, where log and frame were typical. Its hillside-adapted plan also differs from the I-house form common nearby. The 1850 census shows Hunter, a farmer, owning 160 acres.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1835)","architect_builder":"Archibald Boal","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition, altered, on its original site; the form marks it occupied and used as a private residence and for agriculture.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.510679-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003181.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"07000025","name":"Muskingum River Navigation Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/muskingum-river-navigation-historic-district-07000025/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990656","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hunter_Stone_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14716527"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/muskingum-county/hunter-james-stone-house-80003181/"}