{"nrhp_refnum":"92001035","name":"Spencer's Landing","other_names":["Barnes,James L. and Mary E.,House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4 E. Fifth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Belpre","county":"Washington County","state":"OH","lat":39.27688780700004,"lon":-81.56653331099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-08-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story Second Empire single-family house at 4 East Fifth Street in Belpre, Washington County, Ohio, built in 1874 on a bluff above the Ohio River for steamboat pilot Samuel Spencer and his wife Lucy. The architect or builder is unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a high-style example of Second Empire architecture and the only surviving building of that design in Belpre. Its distinctive raised-seam metal Mansard roof with dormers sets it apart. It also reflects the wealth a steamboat pilot could earn during the Ohio River and railroad boom of the 1850s to 1870s.","narrative":"Spencer's Landing is a three-story Second Empire house built in 1874 on a bluff above the Ohio River in Belpre. Samuel Spencer, a steamboat pilot, built it after prospering from river commerce and the railroad connections that reached the area in the 1850s. The wood-framed house rests on a tooled sandstone foundation and is topped by a concave raised-seam metal Mansard roof broken by dormers with curved pediments. An L-shaped Eastlake porch, scrolled eave brackets, narrow 2/2 windows and a curved staircase linking all three floors are among its other features. Alterations have been modest, chiefly a 1964-65 rear addition and replacement clapboard siding. The property also includes a relocated two-seat privy that contributes to its significance. The nomination identifies it as the only surviving Second Empire building in Belpre. It was divided into flats in the 1960s and later restored as a single-family home. River erosion has brought the house closer to the bluff edge than originally intended.","period_of_significance":"1874","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Second Empire","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Currently in use as a single-family dwelling; restored by its recent owners after being divided into two flats in the 1960s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.935944-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/92001035.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001035/a5c7531aaa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001035/a5c7531aaa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Bwsmith84 at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spencer%27s_Landing.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bwsmith84 at en.wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spencer%27s_Landing.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991901","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138762997"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/washington-county/spencers-landing-92001035/"}