{"nrhp_refnum":"79001793","name":"Rombach Place","other_names":["Clinton County Historical Society and Museum"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"149 E. Locust St","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wilmington","county":"Clinton County","state":"OH","lat":39.44656637300005,"lon":-83.82559689299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-06-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Rombach Place is a two-story brick house with a T-shaped plan at 149 East Locust Street in Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, built in 1831 by Robert Wickersham. It now serves as a county historical society museum.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its association with James W. Denver, a soldier, lawyer and statesman of national prominence. Denver bought the house as a home for his bride in 1856 and kept it as his home throughout his western career. The form does not claim architectural significance.","narrative":"Rombach Place is a two-story brick house on East Locust Street in Wilmington, Ohio, built in 1831 by Robert Wickersham. It has a T-shaped plan, a five-bay front block, a gabled shingle roof, corbelled chimneys and six-over-six windows. Porches were added over the years, and the whole house was stuccoed in 1937. Its importance comes from James W. Denver, who grew up near Wilmington and became a lawyer, Mexican War officer, California official, congressman, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, governor of the Kansas Territories and Civil War brigadier general. After marrying Louise Rombach in 1856, he bought this house for his bride and kept it as his home despite his travels. He later returned to Wilmington, practiced law and served as president of a Mexican War veterans' society. The Rombach family lived here until 1955, when the Clinton County Historical Society acquired it as a museum.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Robert Wickersham (builder)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a residence until 1955, when the Clinton County Historical Society acquired it; now used as a museum and offices. Marked occupied 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 02:53:11.889708-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001793.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001793/3a02ec1b5f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001793/3a02ec1b5f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rombach_Place_in_Wilmington.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rombach_Place_in_Wilmington.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987190","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rombach_Place","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14716798"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/clinton-county/rombach-place-79001793/"}