{"nrhp_refnum":"78002064","name":"Drake, Elam, House","other_names":["Elizabeth J. &amp","Louis C. Wallick Residence"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2738 Ole Country Lane","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":40.004170206000026,"lon":-82.92071605699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-04-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick farmstead at 2738 Ole Country Lane in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, made up of a two-part house built in 1856 and later, a combined smoke house and summer kitchen, and a brick barn built in 1867. It was built by Elam Drake on a former 62-acre farm.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the farmstead as an excellent example of a typical 19th-century farm grouping that remains largely unaltered. It highlights the craftsmanship of Elam Drake, a brick mason and contractor who built many residences in Columbus. The brick thrashing barn is noted as one of the few brick barns in the area and probably the best preserved.","narrative":"This farmstead on Ole Country Lane in Columbus, Franklin County, preserves a complete group of brick farm buildings from the mid-19th century. Elam Drake, born in Connecticut in 1812, came to Franklin County in 1831 and worked as a brick layer, plasterer and contractor, helping build many of Columbus's finer residences. After retiring to farming in 1856, he built the north part of the house, a combined summer kitchen and smoke house, and later a south section with Federal-influenced proportions. The one-story north end was originally a single large room for living, sleeping and cooking. A brick barn for grain storage and threshing followed in 1867. Bricks were made from clay pits on the original 62-acre farm. All the buildings use American bond brickwork on coursed rubble stone foundations. The nomination values the group as an unusually intact farmstead, and the barn as one of the few brick barns in the area.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Elam Drake (1812-1900), builder","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied private residence in good condition; the nomination says the buildings stand without major alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.501355-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/78002064.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002064/025a476c1c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002064/025a476c1c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wdzinc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elam_Drake_House_%26_Farm.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:Elam_Drake_House_%26_Farm.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988412","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elam_Drake_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104833773"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/drake-elam-house-78002064/"}