{"nrhp_refnum":"84002907","name":"Kennel, John, Jr., Farm","other_names":["But-299-4"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2251 Wayne-Madison Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Trenton","county":"Butler County","state":"OH","lat":39.46133562700004,"lon":-84.47560395199997,"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 brick, two-story farmhouse dated 1873 with a stone-foundation bank barn, on Wayne-Madison Road in St. Clair Township near Trenton, Butler County, Ohio. It was built by John Kennel, Jr. as part of an Amish Mennonite farm settlement.","why_significant":"The house is described as the most decorative of the Amish Mennonite farmhouses in the grouping, with unusual window treatment but a traditional interior room arrangement. It is tied to the Kennel family, who acquired the farm in 1832 and helped form the Apostolic Mennonite Congregation in 1863. It is judged locally significant as part of the thematic group of Augspurger Amish/Mennonite farms.","narrative":"This brick farmhouse near Trenton, Ohio, was built in 1873 by John Kennel, Jr., on a farm his father acquired in 1832. It follows the \"I\" house form, with two stories, five bays across the front and a gable roof of standing seam tin. Round arched stone hoodmoulds with keystones, segmental arched windows, flared shutters and bracketed eaves with small windows set between the brackets make it the most decorative house in its Amish Mennonite group, although the interior keeps the familiar plan of two front rooms and a central open stairway with a cherry handrail. A two-story rear addition and a wraparound porch were added later. A stone-foundation bank barn stands to the south and is the only contributing outbuilding. The Kennels were active in the Apostolic Mennonite Congregation, formed in 1863. The farm was listed as a locally significant part of a thematic group of Amish and Mennonite farms in Butler County, under architecture and broader settlement history.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"John Kennel, Jr. (builder per history; architect and contractor listed as unknown)","architectural_style":"\"I\" house form; Amish Mennonite house type","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used as a residence; condition rated excellent inside and out. The bank barn contributes, while other outbuildings are modern and excluded from the boundaries.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.392543-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/84002907.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002907/432f710649-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002907/432f710649-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Kennel_Jr._Farmhouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Kennel_Jr._Farmhouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984489","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kennel_Jr._Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6242886"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/butler-county/kennel-john-jr-farm-84002907/"}