{"nrhp_refnum":"80002931","name":"Lewis, Dr. A. C., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"103 South St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Winchester","county":"Adams County","state":"OH","lat":38.94120468600005,"lon":-83.65140424099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-10-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick \"I\" house at 103 South Street in Winchester, Adams County, Ohio, built around 1845, with a one-story brick kitchen wing at the rear.","why_significant":"The house is significant mainly for its association with Dr. Abel Lewis, a leading abolitionist in Winchester before the Civil War. Local tradition holds that it was an Underground Railroad station, though no written documentation exists. It is also significant as a well-preserved example of the traditional full classical \"I\" house with Greek Revival influence.","narrative":"Built around 1845 at 103 South Street in Winchester, Ohio, this two-story brick house is a five-bay, one-room-deep \"I\" house with a rear kitchen wing that gives it an L-shape. Greek Revival influence shows in the front entrance, which has recessed columns and a transom, and in carved and fluted mantel details inside. The interior keeps its original floorplan, woodwork and an open cherry staircase. Dr. Abel Lewis, a New York native who trained in Cincinnati, became Winchester's first resident physician in 1835 and practiced there for fifty-five years. He worked with anti-slavery leaders John Rankin and Dyer Burgess and joined the Free Soil Presbyterian Church after the congregation split in 1848. Local tradition says the home served as an Underground Railroad station, though no written record confirms it. The house is valued for this abolitionist link and as an intact example of a common southern Ohio building type.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Full classical \"I\" house with Greek Revival influence","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; described as in excellent condition, unaltered and on its original site, with a removable modern aluminum porch as the only exterior detraction.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.468415-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80002931.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002931/be126e6f51-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002931/be126e6f51-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr._A.C._Lewis_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr._A.C._Lewis_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986572","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137593254"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/adams-county/lewis-dr-a-c-house-80002931/"}