{"nrhp_refnum":"86003449","name":"Powell, Andrew, Homestead","other_names":["Brick House","Brick Mansion"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"9821 CR 313","address_restricted":false,"city":"Findlay","county":"Hancock County","state":"OH","lat":41.00683647000005,"lon":-83.69221946899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-12-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story brick farmhouse with outbuildings at 9821 County Road 313 near Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, built in 1871-72 by Andrew Powell and reconstructed in 1902 after a fire.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is significant for its surviving 1870s outbuildings, especially an unusual brick bake/drying oven (Criterion C). It also cites association with Andrew Powell, a locally significant farmer, investor in Findlay's oil and gas era glass companies, and religious leader (Criteria A and B).","narrative":"This brick farmhouse near Findlay in Hancock County, Ohio, was built in 1871-72 by farmer Andrew Powell as a two-story Italianate home. A November 1901 fire gutted it, and in 1902 Powell rebuilt it as a one-and-one-half story house within the surviving walls, reusing salvaged brick and the tin window hoods and sills. Several outbuildings from the 1870s escaped the fire, including a brick outhouse and an unusual twin-gabled bake and fruit-drying oven, which a county commissioner said has only one known counterpart in the area. Powell farmed, kept bees using the Langstroth movable-comb method, and invested in Findlay glass companies during the oil and gas boom. Those companies failed when gas flow declined, and his farm was sold at sheriff's auction, though family members kept it. He also donated land for a church built in 1883. The property is presented as an example of Ohio farm life and of a family that endured hardship.","period_of_significance":"1871-72, 1902","architect_builder":"Andrew Powell","architectural_style":"Italianate (modest farmhouse)","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; the farm is no longer a working farm. Condition listed as excellent and altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.954977-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/86003449.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003449/1ae842496f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003449/1ae842496f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"User:Pepsi2786","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andrew_Powell_Homestead.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Pepsi2786</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andrew_Powell_Homestead.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989267","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117824135"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hancock-county/powell-andrew-homestead-86003449/"}