{"nrhp_refnum":"79002894","name":"Kilbourn, William, House","other_names":["Eberly House","Sandy House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"63 S. Riverview St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dublin","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":40.09840264600007,"lon":-83.11211471199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-04-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half story vernacular New England Cape-style wood-frame dwelling at 63 S. Riverview Street in Dublin, Franklin County, Ohio, built around 1820-22 on Lot 103 of the original 1818 Dublin plat.","why_significant":"The house is significant under Criterion A in Exploration/Settlement as one of the oldest surviving dwellings in Dublin. It is tied to many early settlers and served public functions, including law office, courtroom and post office, between 1820 and 1878. These uses reflect the growth of public institutions in Washington Township.","narrative":"This one-and-a-half story New England Cape house at 63 S. Riverview Street in Dublin, Ohio, was probably built between 1820 and 1822 for or by William Kilbourn, a wool carder who became Justice of the Peace in 1822. Its post-and-beam frame uses adzed oak or ash timbers, sycamore and maple members cut with a reciprocating saw, and white pine siding grooved to resemble coursed ashlar stone. The use of white pine was unusual for early Franklin County. Kilbourn died in 1823, and his estate sold the property to the Rev. Isaac N. Walter in 1826. Walter was Dublin's third postmaster, and the house likely served as a courtroom and post office. Later owners included James Sandy and, from 1867, Henry Thomas Eberly, whose family of tinsmiths lived there for three generations. The house is listed for its early settlement associations and its public roles in the community from 1820 to 1878.","period_of_significance":"1820-1878","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Early Republic (vernacular New England Cape)","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Used as a single-dwelling residence; a large concrete block garage of recent construction stands behind it and is noncontributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.262142-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79002894.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002894/887d1242b3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002894/887d1242b3-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Kilbourn_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Kilbourn_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985318","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138330801"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/kilbourn-william-house-79002894/"}