{"nrhp_refnum":"95000171","name":"Pottorf, Henry and Mary, House and Farmstead","other_names":["Car-44-2"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4071 Meter Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mechanicstown","county":"Carroll County","state":"OH","lat":40.66291023800005,"lon":-81.00785897699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-03-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farmstead at 4071 Meter Road near Mechanicstown in Carroll County, Ohio, centered on a two-story brick I-house built in 1858 for Henry and Mary Pottorf, with a bank barn, two milk houses and a well.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion C in architecture. The house is a good local example of a Greek Revival I-house, with a central hall plan that may be a transitional form. Together the buildings form a good example of a typical northern Carroll County farmstead, showing 19th and 20th century agricultural architecture.","narrative":"This farmstead on Meter Road near Mechanicstown in Carroll County, Ohio, centers on a two-story brick I-house built in 1858 for Henry and Mary Pottorf. The house has a sandstone foundation, a five-bay symmetrical facade, a central entry with sidelights and transom, and a second-floor door above an arcaded porch. Inside, a central hall and the original woodwork, staircase and plaster survive. Other resources include a wood frame bank barn from 1914, milk houses from 1920 and 1940, and a well that may predate the house. The nomination presents the house as a good local Greek Revival I-house and the grouped buildings as a typical northern Carroll County farm, comparing it with farmsteads recorded in the county survey. The property is also noted locally as the birthplace of the Pottorfs' grandson John L. G. Pottorf, a longtime Canton high school principal. It has been used continuously as a farmhouse since it was built.","period_of_significance":"1858-1940","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The form says the house has been in continuous use as a farmhouse since construction and retains a high degree of exterior and interior integrity. The well still provides drinking water.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.07931-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/95000171.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000171/6bb312a8cd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000171/6bb312a8cd-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Roseohioresident","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Pottorf_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Roseohioresident</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Pottorf_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986999","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137605393"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/carroll-county/pottorf-henry-and-mary-house-and-farmstead-95000171/"}