{"nrhp_refnum":"75001400","name":"Noble, Jonathan, House","other_names":["Reiner Log House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5030 Westerville Rd. (SR 3)","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":40.07476389000004,"lon":-82.92832790299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-12-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story log house with a later frame addition at 5030 Westerville Road (SR 3), near Columbus in Blendon Township, Franklin County, Ohio. The log portion dates to about 1830 and is linked to Jonathan Noble.","why_significant":"The house is considered locally significant as a well-built, restorable early log dwelling that was adapted and expanded over time to suit changing needs. A Blendon Township historical committee could find no other log house in the township. It was also threatened by a proposed street expansion.","narrative":"Near Columbus in Blendon Township, this two-story log house on Westerville Road dates to about 1830. Half-dovetail corner notching points to construction after 1825, and the house is typical of log dwellings built in Ohio between 1825 and 1835. It was built by or for Jonathan Noble, a Connecticut native who bought land in the township in 1806, moved to Ohio in 1815, farmed, and died in 1832. A four-room frame addition was probably added in the 1830s, and further remodeling around 1915 left the whole building covered in siding and modern roofing. The log core nonetheless remains basically sound and restorable. The house was valued locally as an example of an early home adapted and expanded over time, and a township historical committee had found no other surviving log house in the township. A proposed street expansion threatened it, while local descendants and the owners wanted it preserved.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1830","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Altered and in fair condition; the whole structure is covered with modern siding and roofing. The form describes the log structure as basically sound and restorable, and notes a threat from a proposed street widening.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.920251-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/75001400.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001400/5ae5e94b71-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001400/5ae5e94b71-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wdzinc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jonathan_Noble_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Wdzinc</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:Jonathan_Noble_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988533","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Noble_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105082156"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/noble-jonathan-house-75001400/"}