{"nrhp_refnum":"79001916","name":"Galigher, James, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Zanesville on S. River Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Zanesville","county":"Muskingum County","state":"OH","lat":39.89928955900007,"lon":-81.99917990799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-02-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-story, L-shaped brick residence on South River Road in rural Wayne Township, about three miles south of Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, built in 1848 by James Galigher.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an outstanding example of midwest brick vernacular architecture executed on a large scale. It was built early in the life of Wayne Township, with access to farmland, the road and the river. It is also noted for surviving as a single-family home that was never divided into a duplex.","narrative":"Built in 1848 by James Galigher, this 2½-story, L-shaped brick house sits on South River Road in rural Wayne Township, about three miles south of Zanesville. It has a five-bay facade, a sandstone foundation quarried on the site, six-over-six windows and slate gable roofs. Inside are eleven-foot ceilings, central hallways, twelve rooms, an 18-by-36-foot ballroom and a winding stair with a cherry balustrade. Most building materials came from the property, though slate and window glass were brought upriver from Pittsburgh by steamboat. Galigher, a Muskingum County native whose father started the county seat's first hat factory, moved to the riverside home about 1850. Later owners included a wholesale grocer and a school superintendent, and the 1913 flood reached the first-floor ceilings. The house is described as an outstanding example of large-scale midwest brick vernacular architecture. It was never divided into apartments, so it survives as a single-family residence from the second quarter of the nineteenth century.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"James Galigher","architectural_style":"Midwest brick vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied private residence in excellent condition; restoration began after the present owners took possession in 1954.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.924555-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001916.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001916/eb23333ecb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001916/eb23333ecb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Generic1139","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Galigher_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Generic1139</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:James_Galigher_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/71990729","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138645687"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/muskingum-county/galigher-james-house-79001916/"}