{"nrhp_refnum":"79001935","name":"Vanmeter Church Street House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"178 Church St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chillicothe","county":"Ross County","state":"OH","lat":39.33618981500007,"lon":-82.99117142599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-02-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Law","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and one-half story brick Greek Revival residence at 178 Church Street, Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, built in 1848 by William H. Thompson, a farmer.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an excellent example of the Chillicothe type of Greek Revival townhouse built before the Civil War, notable for its Ionic side porches and a cast iron porch on the facade. It also sits within a fine grouping of 19th century residential properties. The Vanmeter family, who owned it from 1856, were prominent lawyers and officeholders in Ross County and Ohio.","narrative":"Built in 1848 by farmer William H. Thompson, this brick house at 178 Church Street in Chillicothe is a two and one-half story example of Greek Revival design. Its front has an open wrought iron porch, and the north and south sides have small porches with Ionic columns and a three-part entablature. Windows are six-over-six double hung sash with stone sills and lintels, and the roof is a metal hip. A carriage house large enough for six horses, a double brick privy and an iron fence on a stone base remain on the lot. The nomination presents the house as one of the best examples of a Chillicothe type of pre-Civil War Greek Revival townhouse, with low-pitched roofs, austere detail and projecting Ionic porches. Its facade porch is described as unique among the city's Greek Revival homes. John I. Vanmeter, a lawyer and former congressman, bought it in 1856, and the family kept it, including his son Judge John Marshall Vanmeter.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"William H. Thompson (builder, a farmer)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied private residence; still owned by the Vanmeter family at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:11.976794-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001935.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001935/8374dc2a87-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001935/8374dc2a87-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vanmeter_Church_Street_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vanmeter_Church_Street_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991207","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanmeter_Church_Street_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7915077"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/ross-county/vanmeter-church-street-house-79001935/"}