Langstroth Cottage
Historic house in Ohio, United States in Oxford, Ohio. Added to the National Register in 1976, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Langstroth Cottage is a historic building on the Western College campus of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. It was designated a National Historic Landmark on June 22, 1976. The cottage, built in 1856, is now the home for the Oxford office of the Butler County Regional Transit Authority. It was purchased for Beekeeper L. L. Langstroth in 1859, and he lived there for the next 28 years, conducting research and breeding honey bees.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 303 Patterson Ave., Oxford, OH |
| County | Butler County |
| Listed | Jun 22, 1976 |
| Reference number | 76001378 |
| Type of place | building |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 303 Patterson Ave., Oxford, OH |
| Coordinates | 39.50658, -84.73017 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | William Howard Taft National Historic Site · 29 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Quakertown Campground 12 mi · Overlook Shelter (Brookville Lake) 15 mi · Tailwater Shelter 1 (Brookville Lake) 15 mi |
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 76001378. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.