{"nrhp_refnum":"80003245","name":"Deming, Col. Simeon, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NE of Watertown on Willis Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Watertown","county":"Washington County","state":"OH","lat":39.48914387200006,"lon":-81.60965269999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-03-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-story brick farmhouse built about 1815 northeast of Watertown on Willis Road, Washington County, Ohio, with a group of agricultural outbuildings nearby.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an intact rural example of early Federal architecture in Ohio. It was also the home of Col. Simeon Deming (1763-1850), a Revolutionary War officer from Massachusetts who settled in Washington County in 1796 and helped organize a Presbyterian society. Its Flemish bond brick, fanlight and semi-elliptical stair arch set it apart from typical architecture in the surrounding rural townships.","narrative":"Northeast of Watertown in Washington County, Ohio, a 2½-story brick farmhouse built around 1815 preserves much of its early Federal character. Its walls are laid in Flemish bond on a tooled sandstone foundation, and the symmetrical facade centers on a round-arched door with an original fanlight. Flared, gauged brick lintels cap the windows, and the interior retains wide board floors, six-panel doors, classically proportioned mantels and a stair opening through a semi-elliptical arch. A porch added in 1926 is the main later change, and a barn, corn cribs, chicken houses, a sheep and calf house and a brick smokehouse stand close by. The house was the home of Col. Simeon Deming (1763-1850), a Massachusetts native who served in the Revolutionary War and came to Washington County in 1796. He was among the organizers of a Presbyterian society in 1824. The house is notable as a refined Federal design in a rural area, twenty miles from the more cosmopolitan river towns.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition; occupied as a private residence with agricultural outbuildings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.132764-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003245.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003245/b30dedbb14-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003245/b30dedbb14-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Bwsmith84 (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Col_Simeon_Deming_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Bwsmith84 (talk)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Col_Simeon_Deming_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991927","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon_Deming_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14716810"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/washington-county/deming-col-simeon-house-80003245/"}