{"nrhp_refnum":"79002790","name":"Dublin Cemetery Vaults","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Rt. 161, 1/4 mi. W of intersection of 161 and Dublin River Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dublin","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":40.097560018000024,"lon":-83.11681608699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-04-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small cemetery vault complex on Rt. 161, about a quarter mile west of the intersection with Dublin River Road in Dublin, Franklin County, Ohio, built in 1884 of smooth ashlar stone blocks.","why_significant":"The vaults are the only architectural feature of a small cemetery, serving as a focal point and adding to the landscape. Few mausoleum-like vaults of this kind are still built for private use, so they are an interesting remnant of past burial rites.","narrative":"Two burial vaults built in 1884 sit along Rt. 161 in Dublin, Franklin County, Ohio, in a small, flat cemetery near a main east-west route. Smooth ashlar blocks form the vaults, which are linked by a low stone wall and set into an earthen mound that fans out behind them. Square piers end the walls and flank the two entrances, and bands of darker stone trim the upper edges. The left entrance has a round-arched heavy wooden door with finials and a shaped plaque above. The right vault has a rectangular opening with a stone lintel, a wooden door and a set-back shaped plaque. They are the cemetery's only architectural feature and act as a focal point in the landscape. Few vaults of this mausoleum-like type are built for private use today, so these survive as a reminder of earlier burial customs. The vaults are now used for equipment storage, with the exterior in good condition and the interior in poor condition.","period_of_significance":"1884","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Used for equipment storage; interior condition poor, exterior condition good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.869578-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79002790.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002790/c685c2c637-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002790/c685c2c637-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Pythaglio","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vault_-_Dublin_Cemetery.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Pythaglio</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vault_-_Dublin_Cemetery.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985119","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138330648"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/dublin-cemetery-vaults-79002790/"}