{"nrhp_refnum":"73001442","name":"Hart, Gideon, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7328 Hempstead Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Westerville","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":40.10885638600007,"lon":-82.89761221099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-08-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame house at 7328 Hempstead Road in Westerville, Franklin County, Ohio, built circa 1820 by Gideon Hart on a stone foundation.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its association with Gideon Hart, an important early settler of Franklin County, and for its fine early nineteenth century architecture. Hart was a surveyor, militia colonel, Justice of the Peace and sawmill operator who is said to have platted Westerville.","narrative":"Built around 1820 on Hempstead Road in Westerville, this two-story frame house was constructed by Gideon Hart, an early settler of what was then Harrison Township, now Blendon. Hart received the land from his mother, who had been granted acreage in Ohio after her husband was killed in the Revolutionary War. He ran the third sawmill in Franklin County and cut the lumber for the house there. The five-bay building rests on a stone foundation and has a gable roof with two interior end chimneys, clapboard siding, and interior woodwork of walnut and butternut with pegged ash flooring. Two wings, a portico, and modern utilities were added in the twentieth century, including changes made in 1928, yet owners have kept its early character. Hart was also a surveyor, farmer, militia colonel and Justice of the Peace, and records indicate he platted Westerville. His association with local settlement and the home's early architecture formed the basis for its listing.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (built 1820)","architect_builder":"Gideon Hart","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Excellent condition, occupied as a private residence; altered with later additions and renovations but retaining early nineteenth century character.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.997733-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/73001442.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001442/ea40b53913-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001442/ea40b53913-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gideon_Hart_House_in_Westerville.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gideon_Hart_House_in_Westerville.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988406","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Hart_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18150747"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/hart-gideon-house-73001442/"}