{"nrhp_refnum":"84000212","name":"Augspurger Schoolhouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1816 Wayne-Madison Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Woodsdale","county":"Butler County","state":"OH","lat":39.435029505000045,"lon":-84.47562455099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-11-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick schoolhouse built around 1868 at 1816 Wayne-Madison Road in Woodsdale, Madison Township, Butler County, Ohio. It was part of the Augspurger mill settlement.","why_significant":"The schoolhouse is significant under criterion A as part of the industrial side of the Augspurger family's activities. It served the children of mill workers at the Augspurger Paper Co. The mill town it belonged to is described as the earliest known example of this type of development in the state.","narrative":"Built around 1868 in Woodsdale, Madison Township, this one-story brick schoolhouse on Wayne-Madison Road served the children of workers at the Augspurger Paper Co. mill. It was part of a mid-19th century mill town that the inventory describes as the earliest known example of that kind of development in Ohio. The building was originally a rectangular, three-bay structure of common-bond brick with a gable roof, a stone foundation, and stone lintels and sills at each window. Over time it was altered: the windows were partly filled in with wood, a small vestibule was added at the rear corner, and a 20th century lean-to porch now sits in the corner of the resulting L-shaped plan. It is now used as a residence, sits close to the mill worker rowhouses, and was recorded in fair exterior condition. Its significance rests on its connection to the industrial community created by the Augspurger family.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Used as a residence; exterior condition fair, interior unknown. The inventory notes it as endangered by neglect, and the lot is filled with large quantities of items in various conditions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.279324-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/84000212.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000212/80dafcb357-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000212/80dafcb357-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Augspurger_Schoolhouse_from_road.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Augspurger_Schoolhouse_from_road.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984496","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augspurger_Schoolhouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4820475"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/butler-county/augspurger-schoolhouse-84000212/"}