{"nrhp_refnum":"78002061","name":"Medill, William, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"319 N. High St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lancaster","county":"Fairfield County","state":"OH","lat":39.71642070000007,"lon":-82.59946711899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-03-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame house at 319 N. High Street in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, built in 1854 for William Medill and moved to the back of its original lot and turned to face High Street around 1900.","why_significant":"The house is nominated for its association with William Medill, Ohio's 22nd governor and its first lieutenant governor, who also served as Commissioner of Indian Affairs and first Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury. It is the only remaining residence in Ohio associated with him.","narrative":"Built in 1854 at 319 N. High Street in Lancaster, this two-story frame house was the home of William Medill, a lawyer and Democratic politician born in Delaware in 1802. He served in the Ohio legislature and Congress, worked as Commissioner of Indian Affairs, presided over the 1850-1851 constitutional convention, and became Ohio's first lieutenant governor. He then took over as governor when Reuben Wood resigned, and won a full term. Later he became the first Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury. Medill built the house during his governorship and used it as a retreat between appointments. It is the only remaining Ohio residence tied to him. The house has two gabled sections on a stone foundation, Gothic-arched windows, a three-bay front porch with fluted wooden columns, and interior woodwork including a cherry banister. Around 1900 it was moved to the back of its lot and turned to face High Street.","period_of_significance":"1854","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as a private residence; the form says it was altered, especially the rear section, and moved around 1900.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.807811-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/78002061.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002061/aa4a830bea-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002061/aa4a830bea-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wdzinc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Medill_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:William_Medill_House.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"83003438","name":"Lancaster Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/lancaster-historic-district-83003438/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988245","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137802153"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/fairfield-county/medill-william-house-78002061/"}