{"nrhp_refnum":"85001804","name":"Watt-Groce-Fickhardt House","other_names":["Lutz Residence"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"360 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Circleville","county":"Pickaway County","state":"OH","lat":39.600024897000026,"lon":-82.93873176899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-08-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick and frame residence at 360 East Main Street in Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio, built in three stages: an 1826 farmhouse, a c. 1852 I-house addition, and a c. 1885 frame second-story addition.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a visually prominent, well-preserved pre-Civil War residence combining two traditional Midwest vernacular house types, a hall-and-parlor farmhouse and an I-house (Criterion C). It is also tied to prominent Circleville businessmen, pork packer John G. Groce and druggist George H. Fickardt, and to the city's commercial history (Criterion B). Its hilltop site beside East Main Street shows the growth of Circleville from rural to town setting.","narrative":"Built in stages between 1826 and about 1885, this house on East Main Street in Circleville began as a one-story, two-room brick farmhouse for Samuel Watt's 148-acre farm. Around 1852, businessman John G. Groce added a two-story, five-bay I-house to its south side, producing an L-shaped plan and turning the farm dwelling into a town residence facing the improved street. Groce was a pork packer with a wide reputation for cured hams. In 1871 the house passed to druggist George H. Fickardt, whose family lived there for three generations. That year East Main Street was graded, leaving the house about six feet above the road and requiring the front steps and iron railing seen today. A frame second story was added to the original wing around 1885. The house was recognized for its architecture, combining two vernacular house types, and for its links to Circleville's commercial life. Later changes did not disturb its basic plan.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular: hall-and-parlor farmhouse with I-house addition","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied private residence in good condition, altered but with its basic plan and features retained; a descendant of the Fickardt family is said to live there.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:15.218757-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/85001804.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001804/38a6d4ced0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001804/38a6d4ced0-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Watt-Groce-Fickhardt_House_angle.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Watt-Groce-Fickhardt_House_angle.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990925","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt%E2%80%93Groce%E2%80%93Fickhardt_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7974905"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/pickaway-county/watt-groce-fickhardt-house-85001804/"}