{"nrhp_refnum":"84003795","name":"Lawndale Farm Complex","other_names":["Gay-Dreisbach-Pontius Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"26476 Gay Dreisbach Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Circleville","county":"Pickaway County","state":"OH","lat":39.546978780000046,"lon":-82.91913113848943,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-04-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 10-acre farm complex southeast of Circleville in Pickaway County, Ohio, centered on an 1869 Italianate house and surrounded by farm buildings dating from 1813 to 1915.","why_significant":"The complex is argued to be significant under Criterion A as an example of a corn and cattle farm in a county that led Ohio in those products in the later 19th century. Its buildings show a continuous record of farm development from 1813 to 1915. The 1869 house is cited under Criterion C as an outstanding local example of Italianate style reflecting the family's prosperity.","narrative":"Lawndale Farm lies about five miles southeast of Circleville in Pickaway County, Ohio, and is still worked as a farm. The nominated 10 acres hold a large 1869 Italianate house and a group of outbuildings built between 1813 and 1915, including a log house, blacksmith shop, hen house, smokehouse, barns, hayshed, corncrib and buggy shed, scale building and tenant house. Several buildings from 1877 form the end of a horseshoe-shaped layout. The land has stayed in one family since John Gay Sr. arrived from Pennsylvania in 1797, and he built the log house, blacksmith shop and hen house in 1813. The farm is significant as a typical corn and cattle operation in a county that led the state in those crops in the second half of the 19th century. The ornate 1869 house, with tall narrow windows, bracketed eaves, a hipped roof and a cupola, is unusual among county farmhouses and reflects the owners' prosperity.","period_of_significance":"1813-1915","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still a functioning farm; all buildings are in use except the tenant house.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.320768-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/84003795.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003795/c507da6332-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003795/c507da6332-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Aesopposea","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LawndaleFarm.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Aesopposea</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LawndaleFarm.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990891","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138648192"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/pickaway-county/lawndale-farm-complex-84003795/"}