{"nrhp_refnum":"80002940","name":"Clester, Joseph, House","other_names":["Kenneth and Patricia Light House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SE of Chauncey on SR 111","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chauncey","county":"Athens County","state":"OH","lat":39.376798275000056,"lon":-82.09803978999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A mid-19th century farmhouse in the \"upright and wing\" form, located southeast of Chauncey (Sugar Creek vicinity) on County Road 111 in Dover Township, Athens County, Ohio. The main section was built in 1846 and the wing in 1853.","why_significant":"The house is significant as an example of a New England and western New York folk house type, the \"upright and wing\" or \"Lazy T,\" in an area where Pennsylvania or Southern \"I\" houses and English cottage types are more usual. Its Greek Revival detailing further sets it apart from the Italianate, Gothic and Romanesque Revival detailing common in the region. It is the only house of its type known in Dover Township and shows how quickly folk housing types moved between regions.","narrative":"This farmhouse southeast of Chauncey, in Dover Township, Athens County, Ohio, was built in two stages: a one-and-a-half-story main section in 1846 and a one-story wing in 1853. Together they form an L-shaped \"upright and wing,\" also called a \"Lazy T,\" under a steep slate gable roof. Greek Revival details include corner pilasters, returns, shouldered window and door trim, and sidelights at the gable-end entrance. The older section uses mortise-and-tenon timber framing, while the wing is light frame. Inside are poplar woodwork, a walnut stairway, and two matching fireplaces sharing one chimney. The house was listed because this folk type came from New England and western New York and is unusual among the Pennsylvania, Southern and English cottage types typical of the area. It is the only known example in Dover Township. Joseph Clester came from Pennsylvania in the late 1830s, and a later family member lived in the house for over 51 years.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival influenced \"upright and wing\" folk farmhouse","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied private residence in excellent condition, described as unaltered and on its original site; the original barn and summer kitchen are gone.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.419881-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80002940.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002940/d803488be1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002940/d803488be1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jaknouse","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Clester_house.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jaknouse</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Clester_house.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986713","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137599665"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/athens-county/clester-joseph-house-80002940/"}