{"nrhp_refnum":"87002085","name":"Labold House and Gardens","other_names":["Johnson House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"633 Fourth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Portsmouth","county":"Scioto County","state":"OH","lat":38.733281625000075,"lon":-82.99869810599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-12-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential compound at 633 Fourth Street in Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio, centered on a 2½-story frame house built in 1897 and expanded between 1918 and 1926, with a garage, natatorium, greenhouse and gardens added in the 1920s.","why_significant":"The property is significant under Criterion C for its 1918-26 alterations and grounds, which created an unusual country-style residential compound in Portsmouth's older west end. It also shows a Colonial Revival adaptation of a late 19th century house and is the work of the architectural firm Howell & Thomas.","narrative":"This residential compound at 633 Fourth Street in Portsmouth began as a 2½-story frame house with a hip roof, built in 1897 for businessman Simon Labold. Between 1918 and 1926 his daughter Leona hired the architectural firm Howell & Thomas to remodel the house in a Colonial Revival manner, add an east wing with sun porch and curved iron balconies, and design a brick garage with apartment, a natatorium with Doric columns and French doors, a greenhouse, and a garden with a lily pond. A brick wall sets the corner parcel apart from its surroundings. The compound was listed for its architecture. It created a sense of country living in an older part of the city at a time when Portsmouth's growth was concentrated in outlying neighborhoods. No other residential project of similar scale or expense was underway in the Boneyfiddle area then. The work also represents Howell & Thomas, a firm known for large homes in Ohio.","period_of_significance":"1918-1926","architect_builder":"Howell & Thomas (1918-26); builder unknown","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival influence","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed in residential use; interior and exterior condition given as excellent.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.880361-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/87002085.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002085/5eb150b529-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002085/5eb150b529-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Labold_House_in_Portsmouth.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Labold_House_in_Portsmouth.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986078","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138672342"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/scioto-county/labold-house-and-gardens-87002085/"}