{"nrhp_refnum":"97000373","name":"Gill, John, Farmstead","other_names":["Gill--Wright--Evans Farmstead"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"12310 Lancaster--Newark Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Millersport","county":"Fairfield County","state":"OH","lat":39.90284641800005,"lon":-82.55805147925741,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-05-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 60-acre farmstead on Lancaster-Newark Road in Walnut Township near Millersport, Fairfield County, Ohio, with a two-story brick Italian Villa farmhouse built 1861-1868 and a group of agricultural outbuildings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the farmhouse is an unaltered, representative example of the Italian Villa subtype of the Italianate style, one of six such houses documented in Fairfield County. Among the closest comparable houses, it has the most exterior embellishment. The surrounding outbuildings and farmland, in continuous agricultural use since 1861, preserve the farmstead's rural character.","narrative":"Set back about 200 feet from Lancaster-Newark Road in Walnut Township, this 60-acre farmstead centers on a two-story brick Italian Villa farmhouse built between 1861 and 1868 for John Gill, who raised horses and mules. The house has a hipped slate roof, a belvedere with arched windows, a bracketed cornice, and a front entrance with cranberry glass sidelights. Inside are a long entrance hall with a wrap-around staircase, double parlors, a library and fireplaces throughout. Local accounts say construction stretched over seven years because of a rivalry with neighbor Byron Pugh, who planned a grander house. Gill responded by replacing his twin-gabled roof with a hipped slate roof and cupola. Outbuildings dating from about 1861 to 1940 include a barn, gazebo, smokehouse, ice house, corn crib and two silos. Listed for architecture, the farmhouse is one of six Italian Villas documented in Fairfield County and has seen no significant alterations.","period_of_significance":"1861-1940","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Italian Villa","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Retains historic integrity with no significant alterations; the farmhouse remains a single dwelling and a small field is still farmed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.117411-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/97000373.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000373/c67738cc88-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000373/c67738cc88-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Gill_Farmstead.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Gill_Farmstead.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988203","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137802687"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/fairfield-county/gill-john-farmstead-97000373/"}