{"nrhp_refnum":"79001934","name":"Tanglewood","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"177 Belleview Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chillicothe","county":"Ross County","state":"OH","lat":39.327588244000026,"lon":-82.98837507499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-06-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Tanglewood is a 2 1/2-story square brick house with a hipped roof and monitor, at 177 Belleview Avenue in Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, built around 1850 on a 3.06-acre hillside lot.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a skillfully executed example of Chillicothe's local Greek Revival architecture. It is also noted for its monitor form, which was not widely used in Ohio in the 19th century. The Italianate details, which appear original, anticipate the later style. It is also associated with William Edwin Safford, a naturalist and first American Vice-Governor of Guam, who was raised there.","narrative":"Tanglewood is a square brick house of two and a half stories at 177 Belleview Avenue in Chillicothe, Ohio, built around 1850 into the side of a hill. It has a cut stone foundation, a hipped roof topped by a monitor, and a bracketed wooden cornice. The main entrance sits beneath a classical portico with Doric pilasters and Ionic columns, reached by a winding stone staircase. Its significance rests on its skilled execution of Chillicothe's regional Greek Revival style, which the architectural historian Talbot Hamlin described as dignified brick houses with low roofs and austere detail. The monitor form was unusual in 19th-century Ohio, and the Italianate details foreshadow a later style. Construction began for clergyman John McClean, and the house was finished for lawyer Richard Douglas. The Safford family later owned it, including William Edwin Safford, who became a naturalist and Vice-Governor of Guam. The Roche family bought it in 1915 and hosted many social gatherings there.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1850","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival with Italianate details; monitor style house","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition and altered; the form marks it as occupied and used as a private residence. Alterations include replacement of the facade windows and an added sun porch.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.405594-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001934.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001934/bf84dead36-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001934/bf84dead36-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tanglewood_in_Chillicothe.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tanglewood_in_Chillicothe.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"73001523","name":"Chillicothe's Old Residential District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/chillicothes-old-residential-district-73001523/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991187","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanglewood_(Chillicothe,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7683035"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/ross-county/tanglewood-79001934/"}