{"nrhp_refnum":"79002765","name":"Rings, Louis, Residence","other_names":["Thomas Bowman Residence"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6665 Shiers-Rings Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dublin","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":40.09408776200007,"lon":-83.17004471499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-04-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, square-plan brick residence dating to about 1860, built by Louis Rings in Washington Township near Dublin, Franklin County, Ohio. It was surveyed as part of a multiple-resource study of the township.","why_significant":"The surviving text gives little narrative on significance. The inventory sheet records an 1860s house with cut stone and brick details, a hip slate roof and a wooden front porch, and it was included in a Washington Township historic resources group. Reviewers noted that the nomination's discussion of significance was thin.","narrative":"This two-story, square-plan brick house near Dublin in Washington Township, Franklin County, Ohio, dates to about 1860 and is associated with its builder, Louis Rings. It has a stone foundation, a hip roof covered in slate, and a front of four bays with two bays on the side. Windows are six-over-six, with sandstone lintels and sills, and a one-bay wooden porch with scrollwork trim shelters the front entrance. Other details include a dentilled fascia and plain boxed eaves, and a recessed wing sits behind the main facade. Inside, the rooms have ten-foot ceilings. The house sits among farm fields and outbuildings and was recorded in a survey of historic resources in Washington Township. It was listed in 1979 as part of a multiple-property group. The surviving record is mostly an inventory sheet, so the reasons for its significance are only briefly documented, and the property is still used as a private home.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Louis Rings (builder)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a residence; the inventory records the exterior condition as fair and notes an addition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.966359-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79002765.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985152","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/rings-louis-residence-79002765/"}