{"nrhp_refnum":"87002522","name":"Sheets, Andrew, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6880 LaFevre Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Elizabeth Township","county":"Miami County","state":"OH","lat":40.026258218000066,"lon":-84.07666288699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-02-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, three-bay hall and parlor frame farmhouse at 6880 LaFevre Road in Elizabeth Township, Miami County, Ohio, built about 1830-1840 by Andrew Sheets on land he purchased in 1837.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a locally significant example of early 19th century vernacular rural architecture with Federal style details. It is remarkably unaltered because it has been largely unused since 1914. The surveyed properties mentioned include no other hall and parlor buildings, and no comparably original example of this early date is known in the township.","narrative":"Built about 1830-1840 on a rural lot along LaFevre Road in Elizabeth Township, this two-story farmhouse is a hall and parlor frame building of braced, pegged-beam construction on a rough-cut limestone foundation. Andrew Sheets, an early settler who arrived in Miami County in 1812, bought the land in 1837 and built the house, which may have served as a tenant dwelling. Later owners, the Mumford family, built an adjacent house and moved there in 1914, leaving the old house largely unused. It never received electricity or indoor plumbing. As a result, it keeps its original floor plan, plank ceilings, beaded plank partitions, six-panel doors, enclosed stair and early paintwork, along with Federal style features such as slender-muntin 9/6 windows and a flush facade. The nomination values it as a rare, nearly unaltered example of early vernacular farmhouse design in the area, despite the damaged rear addition and missing siding.","period_of_significance":"C. 1830-1840","architect_builder":"unknown","architectural_style":"Other: vernacular, hall and parlor (with Federal style details)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed as vacant/not in use; the house has been virtually unused since 1914, has never had electricity or plumbing, and has missing siding and a back addition in poor, water-damaged condition but restorable.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.460952-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/87002522.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"97000160","name":"Elizabeth Township Rural Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/elizabeth-township-rural-historic-district-97000160/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990301","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/miami-county/sheets-andrew-house-87002522/"}