{"nrhp_refnum":"84003812","name":"Graham, William, House","other_names":["Graham-Reynolds House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7056 Jerry City Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wayne","county":"Wood County","state":"OH","lat":41.25482716800008,"lon":-83.53817294299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-03-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rectangular wood-frame farmhouse built in 1852 by Henry Tyson on the north side of Jerry City Road in Portage Township, near Wayne, Wood County, Ohio. It sits on a small natural mound that is a remnant of a prehistoric beach ridge.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a well-preserved nineteenth-century example of a Germanic folk house type blending Georgian exteriors with traditional Germanic interiors. It is the best-documented surviving house attributed to Henry Tyson, a Pennsylvania German Mennonite builder. Its construction in 1852 shows the westward spread of a Pennsylvania German folk building tradition into Northwest Ohio.","narrative":"Built in 1852 on a small natural mound in Portage Township, Wood County, this farmhouse reflects a Pennsylvania German building tradition carried into Northwest Ohio. Henry Tyson, a Mennonite carpenter from Pennsylvania stock who arrived in the county in 1847, built it for William Graham, a wealthy landowner of Scotch-Irish descent. The wood-frame house has a gabled roof, a limestone foundation, original clapboard siding and a full-width front porch. Its symmetrical front has two doors and four windows on each floor. Inside, a four-room, two-room-deep plan has no central hall, and a boxed corner stair. Kitchen and storage additions were attached to the east end from 1885 to about 1933, but the core remains largely unchanged. The house is valued as the best-documented work attributed to Tyson and as an example of a folk form kept in use when Greek Revival was the popular style. Other Tyson houses have been demolished or heavily altered.","period_of_significance":"1852","architect_builder":"Henry Tyson","architectural_style":"Germanic folk house type (synthesis of Georgian and Germanic elements)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Occupied private residence on a working farm; original clapboard siding and layout largely intact, with additions to the east end made between 1885 and about 1933.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.817578-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/84003812.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003812/2e37aaa130-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003812/2e37aaa130-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Graham_Farmhouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Graham_Farmhouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992016","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113960854"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/wood-county/graham-william-house-84003812/"}