{"nrhp_refnum":"78002164","name":"Lash, William D., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2261 Dresden Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Zanesville","county":"Muskingum County","state":"OH","lat":39.96554062300004,"lon":-82.00623161299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-02-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half-story frame Victorian house at 2261 Dresden Road in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, built in the early 1870s, with a sandstone foundation and slate hip roof.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a typical example of midwestern Victorian architecture in wood. It is also tied to William D. Lash, who served as Superintendent of Zanesville Public Schools for thirty-one years and introduced graded classrooms and special instruction for slower learners.","narrative":"This two-and-one-half-story Victorian house on Dresden Road in Zanesville was built in the early 1870s. It has an irregular plan, a rockfaced sandstone foundation, shiplapped frame walls and a truncated hip roof of slate. Details include a portico with bracketry over a four-panel walnut front door, a four-unit bay window in the den, double-hung 2/2 windows with pointed wooden lintels, and four working fireplaces. Much of the original plaster and woodwork survives. The house is described as a typical example of midwestern Victorian architecture in wood. It is also linked to William D. Lash, born in 1846, who became Superintendent of Zanesville Public Schools in 1878 and held the post until his death in 1909. During his tenure the schools adopted graded classrooms and a program for slower learners, and two high school buildings were constructed. Lash left the house in the 1880s, but it remains associated with him.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date: early 1870s)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Midwestern Victorian architecture in wood","criteria":[],"status_note":"Private residence, occupied, in excellent condition and altered; the owners have restored much of the interior.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.93765-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/78002164.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002164/87750d200d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002164/87750d200d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Bwsmith84 at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_D_Lash_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bwsmith84 at en.wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_D_Lash_House.jpg"},"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/71990717","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138645534"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/muskingum-county/lash-william-d-house-78002164/"}