{"nrhp_refnum":"87001254","name":"Montgomery Saltbox Houses","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7789 and 7795 Cooper Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Montgomery","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.22631873600005,"lon":-84.35535932199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-07-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Two adjoining early 19th-century houses, one frame (7789 Cooper Road) and one brick (7795 Cooper Road), in Montgomery, Hamilton County, Ohio, about twelve miles north of Cincinnati. Parts date from roughly 1810-1825, and each has a rear lean-to that gives a saltbox roofline.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion A for ties to the early settlement of Southwest Ohio by families from Montgomery, New York, and to Montgomery's original east-west plat. Under Criterion C, they are the only known local interpretations of the New England saltbox house type left in Hamilton County. They also show early construction techniques such as hand-hewn joists and a summer beam.","narrative":"Two adjoining houses on Cooper Road in Montgomery, Ohio, one of frame and one of brick, preserve a rare local take on the New England saltbox. Both began as simple Federal style two-story buildings, and rear lean-tos later gave them the sloping saltbox roofline. Parts of the frame house date from about 1810 to 1825, and the brick house is said to date from 1810. Inside, hand-hewn ceiling joists, a summer beam, random-width plank floors and a massive early fireplace show early construction methods. They are the only known examples of this house type left in Hamilton County. They also recall Montgomery's beginnings: settlers from Montgomery, New York arrived in 1795, and Nathaniel Terwilliger platted the village in 1802 along what is now Cooper Road. Lodowick Weller, who came in 1806-07, is credited with building the brick house. Once residences, the houses became shops in the 1970s and were being rehabilitated as the focus of a new shopping plaza.","period_of_significance":"1800-1825","architect_builder":"Unknown (the text says local records credit Lodowick Weller with building the brick house)","architectural_style":"Federal style buildings with later saltbox lean-to additions","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Both houses were used as specialty shops from the 1970s and were being rehabilitated to be rented as small shops in front of a new shopping plaza.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.553005-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/87001254.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989091","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_Saltbox_Houses","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6905779"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/montgomery-saltbox-houses-87001254/"}