{"nrhp_refnum":"74001540","name":"Kimball, Lemuel II, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"467 W. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Madison","county":"Lake County","state":"OH","lat":41.77006498900005,"lon":-81.05780942799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-10-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A wood-frame Italian Villa style house at 467 West Main Street in Madison, Lake County, Ohio, built in 1869 for Lemuel Kimball II.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a fine, largely unaltered example of the Italian Villa style and the largest and most sumptuous of the Kimball family properties. It is also tied to the prominent Kimball family, whose members were active in banking and state government.","narrative":"Built in 1869 on West Main Street in Madison, Ohio, this wood-frame house was constructed for Lemuel Kimball II in the Italian Villa style. It is a large rectangular block with a projecting bay on each side, a flattened hip roof and a square cupola with semi-circular headed windows. Details include a bracketed cornice with modillions, chamfered porch columns with jig-sawn brackets, and entrance doors inset with cast iron filigree. A 1-1/2 story service wing was added at the south. The Kimball family came from Rindge, New Hampshire, in 1811, and the site was once occupied by a log cabin and a simple frame house. Lemuel II organized the Exchange Bank of Madison, and his sons Carl and Homer served in the Ohio General Assembly, Carl as Speaker of the House. The house stayed in the family and is the largest and most sumptuous Kimball property. It was listed as a fine, little-altered example of its style.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1869)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italian Villa","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition, very well cared for and little changed over the years; in use as a private residence, with a 1-1/2 story service wing added to the south.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.378886-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001540.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001540/373e0439fa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001540/373e0439fa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"LeeG7144","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:467_W_Main_St.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">LeeG7144</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:467_W_Main_St.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985588","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138414371"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lake-county/kimball-lemuel-ii-house-74001540/"}