{"nrhp_refnum":"82001492","name":"Barnhisel, Henry II, House","other_names":["Girard Historical Museum"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1011 N. State St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Girard","county":"Trumbull County","state":"OH","lat":41.16439567400005,"lon":-80.70538276199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-12-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wood-frame Greek Revival house at 1011 North State Street in Girard, Trumbull County, Ohio, built around 1840 for Henry Barnhisel II and now used as the Girard Historical Museum.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the oldest remaining structure in Girard and links it to an early settler family, prominent Trumbull County families and local underground railroad tradition. It also presents the house as an excellent example of Greek Revival architecture in eastern Ohio, with robust details set against a conservative central-hall plan.","narrative":"Built around 1840, this two-story wood-frame house at 1011 North State Street in Girard, Ohio, is described as the oldest remaining structure in the city. It was the home of Henry Barnhisel II, whose father bought 318 acres in the Connecticut Western Reserve in 1803. The five-bay house has a gable roof, a cut sandstone foundation, corner pilasters and a Greek Revival center entrance with sidelights. A nearly identical entrance on the south end serves almost as a second facade. The nomination notes its link to the Barnhisel family, who were active in the German Lutheran Church and in local school building, and to families important in the Mahoning Valley. Local tradition holds that the house served as an underground railroad station, though no documents confirm it. The house was divided into apartments in the 1940s and lost its rear wing. It now sits on 0.319 acre, a small part of the original farm, and restoration was planned.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is listed as fair and altered. The house was divided into two apartments in the 1940s, and the rear wing was demolished around 1940. A new roof and chimney repairs are complete, and restoration plans have been prepared. The status is marked both unoccupied and work in progress.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.559817-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82001492.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001492/ef2a3f6060-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001492/ef2a3f6060-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Barnhisel_House_in_Girard.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Barnhisel_House_in_Girard.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991711","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138749314"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/trumbull-county/barnhisel-henry-ii-house-82001492/"}