{"nrhp_refnum":"82003660","name":"Lebol, John, House, Smokehouse and Springhouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Rt. 1","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bolivar","county":"Tuscarawas County","state":"OH","lat":40.63867152100005,"lon":-81.43407793499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-07-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["European","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farm homestead of three buildings (a brick Greek Revival house, a smokehouse and a springhouse) on the original John Lebold farm near Bolivar, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, built 1857-59 between the Zoar community and Bolivar.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a significant example of the dwellings built by successful second-generation German settlers, who turned farming skill and business sense into large holdings and substantial but unostentatious homes. It is described as the finest expression of second-generation German-built dwellings in the Tuscarawas Valley and as a German interpretation of Greek Revival architecture.","narrative":"Between the Zoar Separatist community and Bolivar, overlooking the Tuscarawas River Valley, stands the Lebold Homestead, built in 1857-59 for farmer John Lebold. The cluster includes a brick house, a smokehouse and a springhouse. The house, made of locally fired brick, has a five-bay front, a sidelighted central entry, a porch with stone columns, and an imbricated slate roof. Inside, cherry and walnut woodwork came from trees grown on the farm. The east extension served as a summer kitchen, with a separate upstairs room for travellers. Lebold was the son of Conrad Lebold, who emigrated from Wurttemberg to Zoar in 1830. The second generation expanded the family's land and grew wheat, aided by the nearby Ohio-Erie Canal. The homestead is considered an outstanding example of Greek Revival design as interpreted by German farmer-craftsmen and of the prosperity of second-generation German settlers. Modern subdivisions now surround it, though the buildings remain unaltered.","period_of_significance":"1857-1859","architect_builder":"Jacob Schoelkopf","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in excellent condition, unaltered and on its original site; used as a private residence. Surrounded by later subdivision development.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.271062-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82003660.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003660/0f1ac29b4f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003660/0f1ac29b4f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Roseohioresident","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Lebol_House,_Smokehouse_and_Springhouse.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Roseohioresident</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Lebol_House,_Smokehouse_and_Springhouse.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991754","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138752832"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/tuscarawas-county/lebol-john-house-smokehouse-and-springhouse-82003660/"}