{"nrhp_refnum":"83001958","name":"Warren Tavern Complex","other_names":["John McLure Snook Property"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"U.S. 36","address_restricted":false,"city":"Delaware","county":"Delaware County","state":"OH","lat":40.30033589000007,"lon":-83.13017231272866,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-08-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rural tavern complex on U.S. Route 36 near Delaware in Scioto Township, Delaware County, Ohio, centered on a 1½-story brick tavern built before 1845 with a springhouse, barns, granary, buggy shed, orchard and ice pond site.","why_significant":"The tavern is a well-preserved pre-Civil War rural tavern complex with an unusual stepped-gable facade oriented to the gable end, unlike other documented taverns in the county. It retains original interior features such as wide plank floors, iron hardware and wall stenciling. It is also tied to prominent county families known for agriculture and represents a mid to late 19th century agricultural complex.","narrative":"Along U.S. Route 36 near Delaware, Ohio, a brick tavern known locally as the \"Dutch Tavern\" anchors a surviving rural complex on land once part of a 4,000-acre military tract deeded to Jonathen Dayton around 1799-1800. The tavern, built before 1845, is a 1½-story common bond brick building on a rubble foundation. Its distinctive feature is a stepped gable on the end-facing facade, a layout not found in other documented taverns in the county, along with a corbeled brick cornice that returns onto the front. Inside, original plank floors, woodwork, iron latches and hinges, fireplaces and stenciled walls remain. Nearby are a springhouse, an altered log and horse barn, a granary, a buggy shed, an orchard and the depression of an old ice pond. The property was listed for its architecture and for its links to prominent county landholding families, including the McLures, Warrens, Bevans, Owens and Snooks, known for their farming success.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed as vacant and unoccupied, with work in progress; the surrounding land is still used for grazing and agriculture.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.902422-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/83001958.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988064","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/delaware-county/warren-tavern-complex-83001958/"}