{"nrhp_refnum":"93000891","name":"Richey, James, Farmhouse","other_names":["Del-187-6"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1395 South OH 257","address_restricted":false,"city":"Delaware","county":"Delaware County","state":"OH","lat":40.299754664000034,"lon":-83.16508506099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-09-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick vernacular gable-ell farmhouse on a small acreage along the west bank of the Scioto River in western Delaware County, Ohio, built about 1855 by an unknown builder, believed to be James Richey.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a representative example of the vernacular gable-ell dwelling once common in central Ohio. It is a relatively unadorned example with the characteristic cross-gable roof. It is one of four gabled-ell houses identified in the Scioto River Valley townships and one of three built of brick, a less common material than frame for this type.","narrative":"Set on a small acreage beside the Scioto River in western Delaware County, Ohio, this two-story brick farmhouse was built around 1855 in the gable-ell form, a T-shaped plan with an intersecting gable roof. It rests on a coursed limestone foundation and retains its original two-over-two windows with stone lintels, a curved staircase with a carved walnut balustrade, and hickory and Michigan pine floors. A porch with Eastlake ornamentation was removed before 1980 and replicated in 1990 from historic photographs. The house is believed to have been built by James Richey, a Pennsylvania native whose family arrived in Scioto Township in 1819, and he died there in 1885. Its listing rests on architecture: it is a representative, relatively plain example of a vernacular type once common in central Ohio. It is one of four gabled-ell houses identified in the river valley and one of three built of brick, a less common material for the form than frame.","period_of_significance":"circa 1855","architect_builder":"Unknown (believed built by James Richey)","architectural_style":"OTHER: Gable-ell farmhouse","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; the front porch was replicated in 1990 and the brick was sandblasted in 1975.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.47924-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/93000891.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000891/3d263f9989-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000891/3d263f9989-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wdzinc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Richey_Farm_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Wdzinc</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:James_Richey_Farm_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988034","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137762355"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/delaware-county/richey-james-farmhouse-93000891/"}