{"nrhp_refnum":"85001343","name":"Croco House","other_names":["Croco-Painter House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"OH 83","address_restricted":false,"city":"Holmesville","county":"Holmes County","state":"OH","lat":40.63630484500004,"lon":-81.92708031199999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-06-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story red brick Italianate farmhouse on State Route 83 just north of Holmesville, Holmes County, Ohio, built in 1873 by Peter Croco and his son Keiffer Croco.","why_significant":"It is significant as a late nineteenth century expression of Italianate architecture, closely following plan book designs for rural settings. It appears unique among identified resources of its era in Holmes County for its large belvedere. It also reflects the wealth of the Croco family's stock breeding, a prominent occupation among county farmers, and it is a visible local landmark.","narrative":"Set on a rise above Salt Creek and visible from State Route 83 north of Holmesville, this red brick farmhouse was completed in 1873 for Peter Croco and his son Keiffer, both prominent stock raisers in the Killbuck Valley. The two-story house has a truncated hipped roof topped by a belvedere with ten semi-elliptical windows, a double-bracketed cornice with scrolled woodwork, limestone lintels, and wooden porches with scroll work and chamfered columns. Inside are eleven-foot ceilings and black walnut trim. Its Italianate styling closely follows plan book designs adapted to rural settings. The nomination notes that the belvedere appears unique among comparable Holmes County farmhouses of the period. It cost nearly $7,000 to build, reflecting the success of the family's stock breeding. Peter Croco was an early landholder and regional judge. The second floor was vandalized before the current owners began a careful rehabilitation, while the brickwork and first floor remained in good condition.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Builder/architect unknown; built by Peter and Keiffer Croco","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as in fair condition and unaltered on its original site; the second floor was vandalized, and the interior was undergoing sympathetic rehabilitation at the time of the form.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.882795-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/85001343.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001343/aed2f23310-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001343/aed2f23310-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Chris Light (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Croco_Hse_P9020170.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Light (talk)</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:Croco_Hse_P9020170.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989393","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croco_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29640499"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/holmes-county/croco-house-85001343/"}