{"nrhp_refnum":"76001548","name":"Beall, Gen. Reasin, House","other_names":["Wayne County Historical Society Museum"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"46 E. Bowman St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wooster","county":"Wayne County","state":"OH","lat":40.80544629800005,"lon":-81.93305983699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-06-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick house at 46 East Bowman Street in Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio, built 1815-1817 for General Reasin Beall. It is L-shaped, with an original rectangular front section and a later rear wing, and now serves as the Wayne County Historical Society Museum.","why_significant":"The house was the home of Reasin Beall from 1815 until his death in 1843. Beall was a regular army and militia officer, U.S. Congressman, land office registrar at Wooster, and a leader of the Whig Party in Ohio. He took part in the Harmar and Wayne Indian campaigns and organized militia forces in the War of 1812.","narrative":"Built between 1815 and 1817 at 46 East Bowman Street in Wooster, this two-story brick house was the home of General Reasin Beall until his death in 1843. Beall served in the Harmar and Wayne campaigns of the 1790s, became a brigadier general in the Ohio Militia, and helped organize the right wing of William Henry Harrison's army during the War of 1812. He then served briefly in Congress before resigning to become registrar of the Wooster land office, a post he held until 1824. Later he was active in the Whig Party and presided over the 1840 Whig State Convention in Columbus. The house has a five-bay south facade, a porch with Doric columns added in the mid-1860s, and a rear wing built after 1860. After passing through private owners, it was acquired by the College of Wooster in the 1950s and deeded to the Wayne County Historical Society in 1956, which operates it as a museum.","period_of_significance":"1815-1817","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival and Italianate elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Open as a house museum; the rear addition holds caretaker quarters and exhibit rooms. Condition is listed as good and altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.076322-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/76001548.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001548/a5b20f163e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001548/a5b20f163e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gen._Reasin_Beall_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gen._Reasin_Beall_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991990","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138764325"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/wayne-county/beall-gen-reasin-house-76001548/"}