{"nrhp_refnum":"73001445","name":"Snow, John, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"41 W. New England Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Worthington","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":40.08663992100003,"lon":-83.01909327399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-07-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Federal-style house at 41 West New England Avenue in Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio, built around 1816-1817, with a frame south wing added in the 1860s.","why_significant":"The nomination cites the house for its architecture, a simple Federal design with a fanlight doorway, walnut woodwork and an interior little changed over time. It is also tied to John Snow, an early organizer of Masonic bodies in central Ohio, whose family lived there for 138 years. Masonic lodge meetings were held in its drawing room before the Worthington Masonic Temple was built.","narrative":"Built around 1816 by Asa Gillet and sold in 1817 to Colonel Kilbourne and then to John Snow, this brick house at 41 West New England Avenue in Worthington shows modified Federal design. The original block is two stories with a five-bay facade, a sandstone foundation, two inside end chimneys and a gabled roof. A wide walnut door cut from a single board sits beneath a semi-elliptical fanlight and jack arch. A frame south wing was added in the 1860s in a matching style. Inside, wide ash flooring, a black walnut stair with curly maple treads and a fireplace flanked by arched alcoves survive. Snow, born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1780, was a jewelry maker and merchant who moved to Ohio in 1817. He helped found the first Knights Templar commandery in the Northwest Territory and helped build the Worthington Masonic Temple. Local legend credits him with building the house, but the record shows Gillet did. His family lived here for 138 years.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date circa 1816)","architect_builder":"Asa Gillet (erected the house circa 1816, per the form)","architectural_style":"Federal (modified Federal elements)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition with some settlement in the masonry; the first floor was rented for an antique shop, and the form describes the house as occupied and altered by the south addition and modern utilities.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.490448-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/73001445.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001445/9c69c86f96-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001445/9c69c86f96-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Pythaglio","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Snow_House_-_Worthington,_OH_-_8596590629.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Pythaglio</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Snow_House_-_Worthington,_OH_-_8596590629.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"10000190","name":"Worthington Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/worthington-historic-district-10000190/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985310","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Snow_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136335099"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/snow-john-house-73001445/"}