{"nrhp_refnum":"91001434","name":"Mill Worker House No. 4","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2441 Stratford Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Delaware","county":"Delaware County","state":"OH","lat":40.26099597800004,"lon":-83.06283957799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-10-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small one-and-a-half-story, single-pen limestone rubblestone house at 2441 Stratford Road in Stratford, near Delaware, Ohio, built circa 1851 as housing for paper mill workers beside the Olentangy River.","why_significant":"It is tied to the growth of paper milling in Stratford and to the mill village or company town model of community planning. It is also a good example of the simple, solidly built mill worker house type. The building keeps its roof profile, materials, proportions, window pattern, setback and setting.","narrative":"Built around 1851 on the east bank of the Olentangy River, this small limestone house at 2441 Stratford Road was one of a row of dwellings put up by paper mill owners to attract and keep workers. It is a single-pen building of uncoursed local rubblestone, one and a half stories tall, with a gabled front, three front bays, large stone lintels and double-hung windows. Its plan and materials reflect the plain, sturdy housing typical of mill villages, where ornament was limited to door and window surrounds. Local belief once held that the building was the village schoolhouse, but deed and tax records show the school stood one lot to the north. The house matters for its link to the growth of Stratford's paper industry and for its place in a company-built mill village set in a rural landscape. Its roof, materials, proportions, window pattern and setting remain largely intact.","period_of_significance":"C. 1851-1858","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Other: single pen","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as a single dwelling in both historic and current use; the form says it has had no major alterations and retains a high degree of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.188851-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/91001434.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001434/3e61f356c0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001434/3e61f356c0-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mill_Worker_House_No._4.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mill_Worker_House_No._4.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984741","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137762186"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/delaware-county/mill-worker-house-no-4-91001434/"}