{"nrhp_refnum":"85001876","name":"Barr House","other_names":["Davis House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Locust & Sandusky Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mechanicsburg","county":"Champaign County","state":"OH","lat":40.073307544000045,"lon":-83.55270755899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-08-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1½-story wood-frame Gothic Revival house built about 1860 at the northeast corner of Locust and Sandusky streets in Mechanicsburg, Champaign County, Ohio. It was the residence of Cyrus Barr.","why_significant":"The house is tied to the Culbertson and Barr Buggy Works, one of Mechanicsburg's largest and longest-lived industries, whose factory stood across Sandusky Street and is gone. This house and William Culbertson's house are the only surviving buildings linked to that industry. It is also a well-preserved example of the intersecting-gable house type common in the village, retaining its decorative Gothic Revival detail.","narrative":"Built around 1860 at the northeast corner of Locust and Sandusky streets in Mechanicsburg, this 1½-story frame house sits on a stone foundation beneath an intersecting gable roof of composition shingles. Its Gothic Revival character shows in decorative bargeboards, pointed-arch windows with original shutters in the gables, and the gabled roofline. A later front porch and a garage on the side and rear were added, but the original massing, openings and detailing remain intact. The house was the home of Cyrus Barr, a partner in the Culbertson and Barr Buggy Works, which made buggies and wagons used by the rural population. The factory stood directly across Sandusky Street and no longer exists. Manufacturing mattered in Mechanicsburg from the mid-19th century until the Depression, and this house and William Culbertson's residence are the only buildings left connected with the firm. A local survey found 45 intersecting-gable buildings in a village of about 1,500 people, and this one stands out for keeping its ornament.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":["A","B"],"status_note":"Exterior in good condition; used as a residence. The front porch and side/rear garage are later additions that the form says do not compromise integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.226543-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/85001876.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001876/61f6cda280-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001876/61f6cda280-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barr_House,_Mechanicsburg,_in_sunlight.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barr_House,_Mechanicsburg,_in_sunlight.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984540","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137606471"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/champaign-county/barr-house-85001876/"}