{"nrhp_refnum":"79003645","name":"Dublin High Street Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"6-126 High St. (both sides of street).","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dublin","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":40.09991292300003,"lon":-83.11383860199999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-04-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of about four short blocks along South High Street (roughly 6-126 South High Street) in Dublin, Franklin County, Ohio, containing early stone buildings and simple Victorian frame homes and shops dating from 1826 to 1890.","why_significant":"It is the only town to develop in Washington Township and was the area first settled by early families, on the Scioto River near established travel routes. Many buildings have long ties to early settlement, and some are distinguished examples of local architecture. Individual entries include Hutchinson Tavern, built about 1832 for Dublin's first mayor.","narrative":"Dublin's High Street district covers four short blocks of a tree-lined street along the Scioto River, with buildings dating from 1826 to 1890. Early stone houses sit beside simple Victorian frame structures, serving as homes, small shops and antique stores. Dublin was the only town ever to develop in Washington Township and the first settled by early families, drawn by the river and established roads. Notable buildings include the Thomas House, a coursed-rubble Federal tavern of about 1832 built by John Sells for his son-in-law Zenas Hutchinson, later Dublin's first mayor. Others include a c. 1840 brick former tin shop and post office, an Italianate-influenced office with round-arched windows, a log structure beneath shingle siding, and a hotel and home linked to merchant Holcomb Tuller. A few newer small buildings intrude but do little to change the streetscape. The street remains quiet, with low traffic.","period_of_significance":"1826-1890","architect_builder":"Individual buildings name Zenas Hutchinson and John Sells (Thomas House/Hutchinson Tavern), Lorenzo Buckley (Coles residence), Giles Weaver, and Cornelius Ortmann and Holcomb Tuller; none for the district as a whole.","architectural_style":"Vernacular, with Federal and Italianate-influenced buildings","criteria":[],"status_note":"District buildings are mostly in good condition and used as residences, shops and offices; a few intrusions are newer, undistinguished small buildings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.237085-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79003645.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003645/626fa84988-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003645/626fa84988-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JBTHEMILKER","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dublin_High_Street_Historic_District_2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JBTHEMILKER</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dublin_High_Street_Historic_District_2.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985192","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49484335"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/dublin-high-street-historic-district-79003645/"}