{"nrhp_refnum":"94000242","name":"Hughes Manor","other_names":["White House Manor"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5894 Hamilton--Lebanon Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Middletown","county":"Butler County","state":"OH","lat":39.44737724150005,"lon":-84.41759989164495,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Hughes Manor, also called White House Manor, is a farm estate on about 10.5 acres near Middletown in Lemon Township, Butler County, Ohio. It has a 2.5-story wood-frame farmhouse built in the late 1850s and updated in 1889, plus five outbuildings.","why_significant":"The house shows a fashionable shift from Greek Revival to Queen Anne styling, with an outstanding Eastlake wrap-around porch finished in 1891. The complete farmstead of outbuildings represents a prosperous late 19th-century farm. It was also the home of Samuel Kain Hughes, a prominent Butler County agriculturist, businessman and political writer known as the \"Sage of Lesourdsville.\"","narrative":"Hughes Manor is a farm estate of about ten and a half acres in Lemon Township, south of Middletown, Ohio. Its centerpiece is a 2.5-story wood-frame farmhouse built in the late 1850s in the Greek Revival style and remodeled in 1889 with Queen Anne features, including colored-glass windows, bay windows and a curvilinear Eastlake porch completed in 1891. Around the house stand a summer kitchen, corn crib, livestock barn, carriage barn and a small cottage for farm hands, most dating to the 1850s. The property was the home of Samuel Kain Hughes, a Butler County farmer, livestock dealer, banker and political writer who corresponded with presidents and governors and was known as the \"Sage of Lesourdsville.\" He obtained the home in 1873 and died in 1924, after which the larger estate was divided. The surviving house and outbuildings together present a complete picture of a prosperous late nineteenth-century farmstead.","period_of_significance":"1873-1924","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century Greek Revival; Late Victorian Eastlake, Queen Anne","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and retaining historic integrity; a modern rear kitchen was added within the last three years, and the current function is single dwelling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.518399-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/94000242.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000242/e41ce43c34-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000242/e41ce43c34-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hughes_Manor.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hughes_Manor.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986927","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hughes_Manor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5933379"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/butler-county/hughes-manor-94000242/"}