{"nrhp_refnum":"87002146","name":"Ferrell, Silas, House","other_names":["McQuate,I.L.,Funeral Home"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"25 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Shiloh","county":"Richland County","state":"OH","lat":40.96684342400005,"lon":-82.59922933999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-12-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Italianate frame house with a central cupola at 25 East Main Street, Shiloh, Richland County, Ohio, built in 1880 for businessman Silas Ferrell. A carriage barn and a small matching shed stand at the rear.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is the most highly developed and best-preserved Italianate building in Shiloh, with its ornate millwork, bracketed cornice, hip roof and cupola largely intact. Of the 12-14 Italianate buildings in the village, it is the only one with enough integrity and its original outbuildings. It also reflects the standing of Silas Ferrell, a prominent local businessman, and the family's link to Clipper seed cleaners.","narrative":"Built in 1880 on the east edge of Shiloh's business district, this two-story frame house is the village's finest surviving example of Italianate architecture. Its three-bay front, bracketed cornice, low metal hip roof, hooded windows with decorative millwork and eight-foot square cupola remain largely intact. Inside, the floor plan, black walnut stairway, woodwork, brass door hardware and interior shutters are original. A two-story carriage barn and matching shed survive at the rear. The house was built for Silas Ferrell, who owned the local general store and, with a partner, operated a grain elevator and made Clipper seed cleaners. His son Albert T. Ferrell later bought the cleaner business and moved it to Saginaw, Michigan, where it grew into a company with a world-wide market. From 1927 to 1971 the property served as a funeral home, and the barn's horse stalls were removed to house an ambulance. Of the 12 to 14 Italianate buildings in Shiloh, only this one retains enough integrity to merit recognition.","period_of_significance":"1880","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The house served as a funeral home from 1927 to 1971 and returned to residential use in 1971.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:15.044877-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/87002146.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002146/29023f058e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002146/29023f058e-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"User:OHWiki","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silas_Ferrell_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">User:OHWiki</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silas_Ferrell_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991102","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silas_Ferrell_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15277776"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/richland-county/ferrell-silas-house-87002146/"}