{"nrhp_refnum":"79001880","name":"Hull Place","other_names":["Hull House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"686 W. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newark","county":"Licking County","state":"OH","lat":40.05236798400006,"lon":-82.42850970599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-12-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Eli Hull House, known as Hull Place, is a three-story brick Second Empire residence at 686 W. Main Street in Newark, Licking County, Ohio, completed in 1875.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an excellent example of Second Empire domestic architecture in Newark. It shows the style's mansard roof, dormers, projecting bays, round and segmental arch windows and elaborate detailing, executed with quality craftsmanship. It remains a virtually intact nineteenth century residence.","narrative":"Hull Place is a three-story brick mansion at 686 W. Main Street in Newark, Ohio, completed in 1875 for Eli Hull, a real estate speculator. He hired Charles Daugherty to build it for $5,500. The house is regarded as an excellent local example of Second Empire design, with a mansard roof covered in multicolored, diamond-patterned slates, small gabled dormers, projecting bays, round and segmental arched windows with decorated hoodmoulds, a bracketed cornice and stone quoins. A stained glass transom bears the name Hull. A drawing of the house and a carriage house, no longer standing, appeared in the 1875 Licking County atlas. Later, the building reportedly served as a Ku Klux Klan headquarters around the turn of the century and then as a Women's Club before becoming a private residence again. Restoration began in 1966. Exterior changes are limited to a replacement porch and a rear garage, and the original grounds have been subdivided.","period_of_significance":"1875","architect_builder":"Charles Daugherty","architectural_style":"Second Empire","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied private residence; restoration began in 1966 and the building is described as virtually intact, with a rear garage added and a decorative iron porch replaced.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.608939-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001880.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001880/04a69990f6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001880/04a69990f6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wdzinc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hull_Place.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:Hull_Place.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989708","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138461046"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/licking-county/hull-place-79001880/"}