{"nrhp_refnum":"73001439","name":"Sullivant, Lucas, Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"714 W. Gay St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":39.96086474200007,"lon":-83.01971871399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-03-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small, one-and-a-half-story brick building at 714 West Gay Street in the Franklinton area of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, built circa 1822 as the land sales office of Lucas Sullivant.","why_significant":"It is the only building associated with Lucas Sullivant, founder of Franklinton, still standing in the Franklinton area. It reflects the early town's role as the Franklin County seat before Columbus absorbed it. The nomination argues it deserves recognition despite alterations and a decayed surrounding neighborhood.","narrative":"Built around 1822 on West Gay Street in Columbus, this small brick building served as the land sales office of Lucas Sullivant, who founded the town of Franklinton on the west bank of the Scioto River in 1797. It stands one and a half stories tall on a stone foundation and is three bays wide. Over time it has been altered with a frame north wing, stuccoed foundation, painted brick, a newer roof and chimney, a narrowed front door frame, utilities and interior partitions. Franklinton later became the Franklin County seat, but by the 1860s Columbus had taken that role and annexed the town, which then declined. Few buildings from the original settlement remain among later industrial and commercial development. This office is the only surviving structure tied to Sullivant in the area, which is why it was recognized for its importance to local history and the settlement of Ohio. A later proposal planned to move it beside the Harrison House.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (built circa 1822)","architect_builder":"Lucas Sullivant (built to house his office for land sales)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition rated fair and altered, on its original site, and used as a private residence at the time of nomination. A 1980s proposal sought to relocate it to the Harrison House site in Franklinton.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.326942-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/73001439.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001439/02fb43e506-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001439/02fb43e506-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Ɱ","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sullivant_Land_Office_02.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ɱ</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sullivant_Land_Office_02.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988567","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sullivant_Land_Office","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96391747"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/sullivant-lucas-building-73001439/"}