{"nrhp_refnum":"05000753","name":"Gooding House and Tavern","other_names":["Gooding Tavern","Half Way House","Del-744-16"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7669 Stagers Loop","address_restricted":false,"city":"Orange Township","county":"Delaware County","state":"OH","lat":40.18159641200003,"lon":-83.02449100499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-07-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick house and former tavern on the west side of U.S. Route 23 (Columbus Pike) in Orange Township, Delaware County, Ohio, with a brick smokehouse outbuilding. It sits midway between Worthington and Delaware and was associated with George B. Gooding.","why_significant":"The property is significant as a stagecoach stop known as the Gooding Tavern or Halfway House, located halfway between Worthington and Delaware on the Columbus Pike. It illustrates the role of taverns as travel stops and community places in early Ohio. The house also shows architectural change, from an early Federal-period core through a mid-19th century Italianate remodeling to a 1917 Neo-Colonial and Craftsman renovation.","narrative":"Gooding House and Tavern is a two-story brick building on Columbus Pike (U.S. Route 23) in Orange Township, Delaware County, Ohio, roughly midway between Worthington and Delaware. The nominated property covers about one acre and includes the house and a brick smokehouse. Brick bonding shows the first story as the earliest portion, with the second story added later. A mid-19th century remodeling gave the house its Early Italianate look, including bracketed eaves and a truncated hip roof with a widow's walk. A 1917 renovation added Neo-Colonial and Craftsman interior details such as French doors, coffered ceilings, and built-in seating. The house served as a tavern known as the Halfway House, a stop where stagecoach travelers changed teams and found food and shelter. Its history reflects the importance of taverns in early Ohio travel and community life. The building is now vacant, and new development has changed its once-rural setting.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal; Early Italianate; Neo-Colonial, Craftsman","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed current function is vacant. Some interior finishes are described as damaged, deteriorating or poorly maintained, and the surrounding rural setting has been diminished by new development.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.670231-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/05000753.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000753/040e12abca-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000753/040e12abca-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wdzinc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Gooding_House_%26_Tavern.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Wdzinc</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:The_Gooding_House_%26_Tavern.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988066","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gooding_House_and_Tavern","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5583408"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/delaware-county/gooding-house-and-tavern-05000753/"}