{"nrhp_refnum":"76001428","name":"Groveport Log Houses","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Wirt Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Groveport","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":39.849432558000046,"lon":-82.88530291999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-05-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Two early 19th-century log houses in Groveport, Franklin County, Ohio, a two-story house and a smaller one-and-one-half-story kitchen structure, moved less than a mile in December 1974 to a new site on Wirt Road.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the houses represent log construction typical of Ohio's early settlement and are among the few remaining structures tied to Groveport's first settlers. They are the only visibly log buildings in town in good condition. Their new site beside the old Ohio and Erie Canal route and the early town cemetery adds significance.","narrative":"Two log houses in Groveport, Ohio, survive from the town's earliest years of settlement. The larger, two-story house measures 17 by 28 feet and dates to about 1815-1825, judging by its steeple-notch corner joints. The smaller one-and-one-half-story section, 12 by 15 feet, was built as a kitchen around 1825-1835 with half-dovetail corners. Both were remodeled between 1840 and 1850, when the two were joined, and the original windows were enlarged. Wood siding had hidden the logs until it was removed. Facing demolition for a new postal station, the houses were moved intact in December 1974 to a site less than a mile away, next to the route of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the early town cemetery. They are the only visibly log buildings left in Groveport in good condition. A local preservation society owns them and plans to restore them as a community center focused on local heritage.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1815-25","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Moved intact in December 1974 to a new permanent location; owned by a preservation society, in good condition, altered, and planned for restoration as a community center.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.125405-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/76001428.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001428/e650c749a4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001428/e650c749a4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Christopher L. Riley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Groveport_Log_House_%E2%80%94_Groveport,_Ohio.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Christopher L. Riley</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Groveport_Log_House_%E2%80%94_Groveport,_Ohio.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988503","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groveport_Log_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134614531"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/groveport-log-houses-76001428/"}