{"nrhp_refnum":"84000214","name":"Mill Office and Post Office","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Woodsdale Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Woodsdale","county":"Butler County","state":"OH","lat":39.43250388700005,"lon":-84.47548338199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-11-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, five-bay brick building at 1701 Woodsdale Road in Woodsdale, Madison Township, Butler County, Ohio, built around 1868 as the office, company store and post office of the Augspurger Paper Company.","why_significant":"The nomination finds it significant under Criterion A as a reflection of the industrial entrepreneurship of the Augspurger family. It was part of a mid-19th century mill town. The date of the town's construction makes it the earliest known example of this type of development in the state.","narrative":"Built around 1868 at 1701 Woodsdale Road in Madison Township, Butler County, this two-story brick building served as the office, company store and post office for the Augspurger Paper Company. It is a vernacular, rectangular structure with a gable roof, a stone foundation and common bond brickwork. The five-bay facade has three entrances, one in each outside bay and one in the center, along with stone lintels and sills and 6/6 double-hung sash windows. A porch across the front, added in the 1920s or 1930s, has an open-weave brick railing and slightly battered wood parts. The building sits near the road on the edge of a terrace, with a circular drive in front. It was listed as part of a group of resources tied to the Augspurger settlement. Its importance lies in showing the industrial entrepreneurship of the Augspurger family, and in its place in a mill town whose date makes it the earliest known example of such development in Ohio. It is now a residence.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Exterior in good condition; interior condition unknown. Currently used as a residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.74518-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/84000214.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000214/a63e7781a7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84000214/a63e7781a7-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Augspurger_Mill_Office_and_Post_Office.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Augspurger_Mill_Office_and_Post_Office.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984502","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mill_Office_and_Post_Office","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6858369"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/butler-county/mill-office-and-post-office-84000214/"}