{"nrhp_refnum":"82003636","name":"Lewis, Samuel, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"291 N. Stewart Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mansfield","county":"Richland County","state":"OH","lat":40.76625331500003,"lon":-82.47616404599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-06-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Greek Revival sandstone farmhouse at 291 North Stewart Road, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, built in 1837, with a one-and-a-half-story rear wing and a small stone bridge on a ten-acre site.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the largest and best preserved pre-Civil War sandstone house in Richland County, noting its finely crafted stone construction and intact interior woodwork and stencils. It also notes the secluded rural setting close to a city, and its past as an early inn on the first stagecoach road between Mansfield and Wooster. Original owner Samuel Lewis was an early settler who built a blockhouse and cut part of the Mansfield to Ashland road.","narrative":"Built in 1837, this two-story Greek Revival house of locally quarried orange sandstone sits about 500 feet back from North Stewart Road in Mansfield, reached by a winding drive across a small stone bridge. The five-bay main block has a carved date stone above the entrance, and a one-and-a-half-story rear wing, probably the earlier section, holds a large cooking fireplace. Inside, natural black walnut trim, heavy two-panel doors and a graceful open stairway with a walnut-topped newel post survive. It was listed as the largest and best preserved pre-Civil War sandstone house in Richland County. Samuel Lewis, who bought the land in 1835, had arrived in the area in 1809, built a blockhouse during the War of 1812 and helped cut the road from Mansfield to Ashland. The house once served as an inn on the early Mansfield to Wooster stagecoach road, and abandonment of that road helped keep the setting undeveloped.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; described as in good condition and altered, with the rear one-story structure converted to a garage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.513676-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82003636.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003636/2515e9dcac-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003636/2515e9dcac-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RICHLAND_COUNTY_SAMUEL_LEWIS_HOUSE.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RICHLAND_COUNTY_SAMUEL_LEWIS_HOUSE.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991098","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Lewis_House_(Mansfield,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7412012"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/richland-county/lewis-samuel-house-82003636/"}