{"nrhp_refnum":"89000176","name":"Burnett, William, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1613 US 62 SW","address_restricted":false,"city":"Washington Court House","county":"Fayette County","state":"OH","lat":39.524560836000035,"lon":-83.45814899299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-03-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, five-bay common bond brick I-house at 1613 U.S. Route 62 SW near Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio, built around 1869 for farmer William Burnett.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a rare example in Fayette County of an I-house with extensive ornamentation, combining Italianate details such as paired brackets and carved window hoods with Greek Revival elements in its entrance and windows. Other known county I-houses date from c. 1820 to c. 1855 and are plainer. It is also tied to William Burnett, a prominent grain and livestock farmer and county sheriff in the 1870s.","narrative":"Built around 1869, this two-story brick house on U.S. Route 62 near Washington Court House, Ohio, is a five-bay I-house with a symmetrical front, side-gabled metal roof and a central passage plan. Its distinction lies in the decoration: wide overhanging eaves with paired carved brackets, segmental arched window heads with keystones, and hooded first-floor windows reflect the Italianate style, while the doorway with sidelights, transom and lintel shows Greek Revival influence. Inside are a curved staircase, a ruby glass transom with etched floral design, pedimented door woodwork, a slate fireplace and period chandeliers. Most I-houses in Fayette County are plainer and earlier, which makes this one unusual locally. It was built for William Burnett, a grain and livestock farmer and later county sheriff, to house his large family. Later it served as a tea room in the late 1920s and then as a dwelling. A 1987 addition does not diminish its integrity.","period_of_significance":"c. 1869","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate; Greek Revival; Other: I-House (Mid-19th Century)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Historic single dwelling; current function listed as work in progress. It was used as a restaurant (Lytle's Tea Room) from the late 1920s, and a small brick addition with restrooms and storage was built in 1987.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:15.085573-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/89000176.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000176/603242346d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000176/603242346d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Burnett_House_site_at_WCH.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Burnett_House_site_at_WCH.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988265","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Burnett_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16824982"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/fayette-county/burnett-william-house-89000176/"}