{"nrhp_refnum":"75001511","name":"Putnam Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by Penn Central RR. tracks, Van Buren St., and the Muskingum River","address_restricted":false,"city":"Zanesville","county":"Muskingum County","state":"OH","lat":39.93503622600005,"lon":-82.00862559827686,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-06-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Politics/Government","Architecture","Black"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Historic district of about 45 acres in the Putnam neighborhood of Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, a former separate town founded in 1801 and annexed to Zanesville in 1872. It holds roughly 168 structures, about 70 percent of them dating from the 19th century.","why_significant":"Putnam is described as one of Ohio's oldest historic areas, founded as Springfield in 1801 and a rival to Zanesville for the state capital in 1809-10. It retains a rare concentration of Federal and Greek Revival buildings alongside many Victorian structures. It also has associations with early settlement, the abolition movement and a visit by President Monroe in 1817.","narrative":"Putnam is a 45-acre neighborhood of Zanesville, Ohio, that began as the separate village of Springfield in 1801, laid out by Dr. Increase Mathews, Rufus Putnam and Levi Whipple. It competed with Zanesville to become Ohio's capital in 1809-10 and lost, was renamed Putnam in 1814, was incorporated in 1835 and was annexed to Zanesville in 1872. Of about 168 structures, roughly 118 date from the 19th century, mostly 1865 to 1900, and about 23 date from the first half of the century. Those early Federal and Greek Revival buildings sit close together to a degree now rare in Ohio. Notable examples include the 1805 stone Mathews House, the 1809 Stone Academy, the Buckingham House with its recessed Federal doorway, the Henry Mathews House with its portico modeled on the Temple of Minerva, and the 1835 Gothic Revival Presbyterian church. A historic zoning ordinance and design review board were established in 1973.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival and Victorian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Mostly occupied, in good condition and altered. The Alvah Buckingham House had fallen into disrepair and was being repaired. Two county buildings built in the past decade and some gas stations and small commercial buildings are listed as intrusions.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.708943-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/75001511.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"07000025","name":"Muskingum River Navigation Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/muskingum-river-navigation-historic-district-07000025/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990739","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putnam_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49546925"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/muskingum-county/putnam-historic-district-75001511/"}