{"nrhp_refnum":"90001498","name":"Rager, John, Farmhouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"8020 Groveport Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Canal Winchester","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":39.85156648900005,"lon":-82.85012585063507,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-10-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Classical I-House farmhouse with a two-story rear ell, set on a hilltop farm at 8020 Groveport Road in Canal Winchester, Franklin County, Ohio. The nominated 20-acre property also holds an English barn (c. 1875) and a smoke house (c. 1840).","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant under Criterion C as a vernacular domestic building of the canal era (1827-1868), an I-House with Greek Revival details. It is one of four Classical I-Houses with Greek Revival elements in the Canal Winchester limits, and the only one with a Greek Revival-detailed appendage on the rear ell. Its centered slate-shingled gable with vergeboard trim is described as a unique local example of updating I-Houses with later stylistic features.","narrative":"Perched at the top of a hill on Groveport Road in Canal Winchester, the John Rager Farmhouse is a brick I-House with a two-story rear ell, surrounded by a historic cast iron fence. Its walls are common bond brick on a coursed sandstone foundation, under a gabled slate roof with cornice returns and a centered gable added around 1910. The five-bay facade has symmetrical windows and a central entrance with transom and sidelights, reflecting Greek Revival influence. Inside are a central hall, a carved wood staircase, hardwood floors and wood and stone fireplaces. The farm also retains an English barn from about 1875, with carved initials of Rager children dated 1878 and 1883, and a brick smoke house from about 1840. The property was listed for its architecture. It represents canal-era vernacular farmhouse building, and it is the only local I-House with a Greek Revival-detailed appendage on the rear ell. Its later gable shows how such houses were updated.","period_of_significance":"c. 1840-1910","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other: Classical I-House (with Greek Revival influence)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Historic and current function are both single dwelling; the brick has been cleaned and repointed, and the slate roof is replacement material.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:15.038713-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/90001498.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001498/874c2ff77c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90001498/874c2ff77c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tim Erskine","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Rager_Farmhouse,_8020_Groveport_Road.tif\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Erskine</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Rager_Farmhouse,_8020_Groveport_Road.tif"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985093","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rager_Farmhouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134833933"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/rager-john-farmhouse-90001498/"}