{"nrhp_refnum":"84002903","name":"Ehresman, Christian, Farm","other_names":["But-300-4"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"900 Woodsdale Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Trenton","county":"Butler County","state":"OH","lat":39.469841099000064,"lon":-84.45251433699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-08-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick farmhouse at 900 Woodsdale Road, just south of Trenton in Madison Township, Butler County, Ohio, built in 1867-68 by Christian Ehresman. A small early frame house on the farm may have served as a summer kitchen.","why_significant":"The farm is considered locally significant as part of the Augspurger Amish/Mennonite Settlement thematic group. The house represents an Amish/Mennonite house type, and the alterations do not obscure that type. The reviewer recommended acceptance under Criteria A and C, covering the farmhouse and summer kitchen.","narrative":"Just south of the village of Trenton in Butler County, Ohio, this brick farmhouse was built in 1867-68 by Christian Ehresman, an Amish Mennonite who came to America in 1840. He bought the land and began the house, but died in 1868 before it was finished, and the farm passed to his son, Otto. It remained in Mennonite hands until 1924. The two-story L-shaped house has flat lintels and sills, six-over-six windows, a central doorway with transom and sidelights, a cut stone water table, and two internal end chimneys. Inside, a center hallway holds an open stairway. A two-story front portico was added later, but the alterations are reversible and leave the basic Amish/Mennonite house type clear. A small early frame house nearby, with low half-story windows, may have been a summer kitchen or an earlier home. The farm is significant locally as one component of the Augspurger Amish/Mennonite settlement group.","period_of_significance":"1867-68","architect_builder":"Christian Ehresman (builder per history; architect and contractor listed as unknown)","architectural_style":"Amish/Mennonite house type","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used as a residence, in fair condition inside and out. A two-story front portico was added, and the form describes these alterations as reversible.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.347662-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/84002903.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002903/2fabd07fdb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002903/2fabd07fdb-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christian_Ehresman_Farmhouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christian_Ehresman_Farmhouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984483","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Ehresman_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5109566"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/butler-county/ehresman-christian-farm-84002903/"}