{"nrhp_refnum":"83002008","name":"Dye, John Minor, Stone House","other_names":["Dye Stone Blockhouse"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"9 S. Children's Home Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Troy","county":"Miami County","state":"OH","lat":40.03032353800006,"lon":-84.13484399699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-07-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story limestone house, known locally as the Dye Blockhouse, on a farm about one mile south of Casstown and four miles east of Troy in Elizabeth Township, Miami County, Ohio. John Minor Dye built it about 1813.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a rare example of a stone fortification used by Ohio's pioneer settlers during the War of 1812. It is described as the only reported stone building used as a blockhouse in the state, and its early date adds to its architectural value. Its survival is credited to having been owned by only two families.","narrative":"Built about 1813 by Captain John Minor Dye, this two-story limestone house near Casstown in Miami County, Ohio, is known locally as the Dye Blockhouse. Its walls are two feet thick, and its pyramidal roof, with a gable to the south, resembles roofs on log blockhouses. Settlers reportedly sheltered there after attacks in August 1813, during the War of 1812, and the Dye family had been in the area since 1799. The house is described as the only reported stone building used as a blockhouse in Ohio. A stone kitchen with a fieldstone fireplace was added in 1825, and later owners added rear sections in the twentieth century. A brick smokehouse and a stone springhouse from the nineteenth century are also part of the property. The house has had only two owning families, which helped it survive, and it remains a private residence whose original blockhouse character is still intact.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"John Minor Dye (builder; the form lists Builder/Architect as N/A)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and carefully maintained as a private residence; altered by later additions but described as retaining the integrity of the original blockhouse.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.371066-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/83002008.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83002008/416cbb1537-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83002008/416cbb1537-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Hornernealw","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Minor_Dye_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Hornernealw</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Minor_Dye_House.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"97000160","name":"Elizabeth Township Rural Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/elizabeth-township-rural-historic-district-97000160/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990323","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Minor_Dye_Stone_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6248948"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/miami-county/dye-john-minor-stone-house-83002008/"}