{"nrhp_refnum":"12000392","name":"Kilgour, Frederick G., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1415 Kirkley Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Upper Arlington","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":40.01974605700008,"lon":-83.05004489299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-07-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Invention"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, side-gabled ranch-style house with an attached two-car garage at 1415 Kirkley Road in Upper Arlington, Franklin County, Ohio, built in 1958 in the Wakefield Forest subdivision.","why_significant":"The house is significant under Criterion B at the state level because it was the residence of Frederick G. Kilgour while he developed the shared online library cataloging system at OCLC. Kilgour owned it from 1967 to 1990 and led OCLC from 1967 to 1980. Because his work took place within the past 50 years, Criteria Consideration G applies.","narrative":"This 1958 ranch-style house at 1415 Kirkley Road in Upper Arlington, Ohio, is a one-story, side-gabled home with stucco walls, brick and aluminum accents, and an attached two-car garage. It sits on a typical 95-by-135-foot lot in the Wakefield Forest subdivision near Columbus. Its floor plan places the kitchen at the front and the living areas facing the backyard, a layout that became popular in the 1950s. The house is listed for its link to Frederick G. Kilgour, who lived there from 1967 to 1990. In 1967 he moved to Columbus to lead the Ohio College Library Center, later known as OCLC. Under his direction, the organization introduced an online shared cataloging system in 1971, allowing libraries to reuse cataloging records instead of creating them separately. Kilgour lived in the house during the years he led OCLC, from 1967 to 1980, which is the period of significance.","period_of_significance":"1967-1980","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Modern Movement; Ranch Style","criteria":["B"],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and well maintained; still used as a single dwelling, with updated kitchen and bathrooms and replacement windows and garage door.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.063095-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/12000392.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000392/99f2b1f9f2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12000392/99f2b1f9f2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"User:Xavier86","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frederick_G._Kilgour_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Xavier86</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:Frederick_G._Kilgour_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988607","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138337541"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/kilgour-frederick-g-house-12000392/"}