{"nrhp_refnum":"99000319","name":"Hise, Daniel Howell, House","other_names":["Unserheim"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1100 Franklin Av.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Salem","county":"Columbiana County","state":"OH","lat":40.89216320500003,"lon":-80.84192419899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-03-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half story Gothic Revival frame house at 1100 Franklin Avenue in Salem, Ohio, begun as a simple 1840s gable-and-wing farmhouse and enlarged in phases, with a surviving storage shed from 1857-1863.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant under Criteria A and B for its role in the abolition movement in Ohio and its association with Daniel Howell Hise, an abolitionist and reformer. It was a meeting place for anti-slavery figures from 1857 until the Civil War and reportedly contained hidden rooms used to shelter runaway slaves. Hise also took part in the women's rights movement.","narrative":"Set on a low hill on Franklin Avenue in Salem, Ohio, this two-and-one-half story frame house began in the 1840s as a plain gable-and-wing farmhouse. Between 1857 and 1863, abolitionist Daniel Howell Hise redesigned it in the Gothic Revival manner, with three parallel gables, ornamental barge boards and finials. Ben Hilman and George Fleck built the work. A Colonial Revival porch followed in 1910, and rear and side additions came around 1920. A storage shed from the Hise period is the only surviving outbuilding of the original twenty-two acres. The house is significant for its link to the anti-slavery movement. Hise, who named the home \"Unserheim,\" recorded in his diaries that the Western Anti-Slavery Society's executive committee met there in 1859 and that noted speakers visited. Concealed rooms in the basement and attic are reported to have hidden runaway slaves. Hise also supported women's rights, adding a second reform cause to the property's history.","period_of_significance":"1857-1878","architect_builder":"Daniel Howell Hise, draftsman from 1857 to 1863; Ben Hilman and George Fleck, builders (1857-1863)","architectural_style":"Mid-19th century Greek Revival; mid-19th century Gothic Revival; late 19th and early 20th centuries Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","B"],"status_note":"Historic function was single dwelling; current function is multiple dwelling, including a separate apartment in the 1920s south addition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.647167-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/99000319.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000319/d7a17c57c9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000319/d7a17c57c9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"BFDhD (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hise_Wiki.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">BFDhD (talk)</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:Hise_Wiki.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987250","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Howell_Hise_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5217533"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/columbiana-county/hise-daniel-howell-house-99000319/"}