{"nrhp_refnum":"70000494","name":"Our House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"434 1st Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gallipolis","county":"Gallia County","state":"OH","lat":38.80926353500007,"lon":-82.20156274699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-11-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Our House is a brick Federal-style tavern at 434 First Avenue in Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, built by Henry Cushing in 1819 near the Ohio River, with a separate brick kitchen building to the rear.","why_significant":"The tavern was the center of village social life in Gallipolis after 1819 and hosted General Lafayette on May 22, 1825. It stands in a town that began as a French settlement tied to the failed Scioto Company land scheme. The form notes its architecture and commerce as areas of significance and recommends local significance.","narrative":"Our House is a two-story brick tavern at 434 First Avenue in Gallipolis, Ohio, built in 1819 by Henry Cushing near the Ohio River. Designed in the Federal style, it has bridged chimneys at each end, each pair separated by a high semicircular window, and a five-part facade with two entrances, one leading to the taproom. Inside are a taproom, dining rooms, a ladies' parlor, three bedrooms and a divided ballroom, with a small brick kitchen standing behind. After 1819 the tavern became the focus of village social life, and General Lafayette was entertained there on May 22, 1825. Gallipolis itself began with a French settlement of 1790 that grew out of a failed land company scheme. The Cushing family kept the tavern until 1865. Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Holzer restored it from 1933 and opened it as a private museum in 1936, then gave it to the State of Ohio in 1944. A full restoration followed in 1966, and it now operates as a State Memorial.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1819)","architect_builder":"Henry Cushing (builder)","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Excellent condition and unaltered; restored in 1966 and open to the public as a State Memorial museum, owned by the State of Ohio.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.74751-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/70000494.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000494/25d268a712-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000494/25d268a712-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"E.F. Schrand and A.R. Arend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Our_House,_Gallipolis.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">E.F. Schrand and A.R. Arend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Our_House,_Gallipolis.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"01000899","name":"Gallipolis Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/gallipolis-historic-district-01000899/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988646","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111364120"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/gallia-county/our-house-70000494/"}