{"nrhp_refnum":"99000092","name":"Aullwood House and Garden","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"900 Aullwood Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dayton","county":"Montgomery County","state":"OH","lat":39.86969488850005,"lon":-84.27670516191634,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-02-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Landscape Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 30-acre woodland shade garden and an early Craftsman-style estate house on Aullwood Road in Butler Township, near Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. The house was built in the 1890s by Sara P. Wolf and bought in 1909 by John W. Aull; the garden was created from 1923 to 1945.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property qualifies under Criterion C as an important Arts and Crafts house set in an outstanding woodland garden. It cites distinctive details such as the overlapping corner siding, leaded-glass French doors and custom plaster molding. It also credits Marie Sturwold Aull as the self-taught designer of the garden and an advocate for environmental education and open space. No comparable rural estate is said to exist in the Dayton area.","narrative":"Aullwood House and Garden is a 30-acre estate near Dayton, Ohio, made up of an early Craftsman house and a woodland shade garden. The house was built in the 1890s and bought in 1909 by John W. Aull as a weekend retreat. After he and his wife Marie Sturwold Aull moved in permanently in 1923, they added sitting rooms, screened porches and an attached garage with a pergola. Distinctive features include limestone and granite masonry, corner siding that overlaps in an unusual way, leaded-glass French doors with designs chosen by the family, and plaster ceiling molding of oak leaves, owls, bats and squirrels. Marie Aull designed the garden between 1923 and 1945 around Wiles Creek, with stone bridges, lawns, a pool, native wildflowers and a lilac garden. She donated the property to the park district in 1977. It was listed for its Arts and Crafts architecture and its landscape design, with a period of significance from the 1890s to 1948.","period_of_significance":"1890s-1948","architect_builder":"Marie Aull, Landscape Designer","architectural_style":"Bungalow/Craftsman (Arts & Crafts)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Donated in 1977 to the Dayton-Montgomery County Park District (now Five Rivers Metroparks); the house and garden remain in domestic and garden use. A 1997 maintenance garage and a 1950s toolshed are noncontributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:06.963313-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/99000092.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000092/81fc975d12-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000092/81fc975d12-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ppfox","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aullwood_House_and_Garden_1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ppfox</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:Aullwood_House_and_Garden_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990549","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aullwood_House_and_Garden","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4821785"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/montgomery-county/aullwood-house-and-garden-99000092/"}