{"nrhp_refnum":"80003004","name":"Washburn, Rev. Ebenezer, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7121 Sunbury Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Westerville","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":40.10426040300007,"lon":-82.88833342199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1½-story frame house at 7121 Sunbury Road in the village of Central College, near Westerville, Franklin County, Ohio, built in 1833 by Reverend Ebenezer Washburn.","why_significant":"The house is one of four well-preserved historic buildings representing the small village of Central College. It was the home of Reverend Washburn, who helped develop the Presbyterian Church in Blendon Township, Blendon Institute and Central College. It also has a refined Federal-style entrance and original interior mantelpieces.","narrative":"Built in 1833 by Reverend Ebenezer Washburn, this small frame residence on Sunbury Road in Central College, Franklin County, Ohio, is a 1½-story house five bays wide and two deep with a gable roof. Its best feature is the entrance, flanked by flattened engaged columns and topped by a decorative entablature and frieze, with heart-shaped and fluted fan motifs. The six-panel door is original, the windows are double-hung twelve-over-twelve sash, and a brick chimney stands at the north end. Two interior mantelpieces survive, one echoing the columns of the front door. A one-story addition was built at the rear. Washburn lived here until his death in 1873. He was instrumental in developing the Presbyterian Church in Blendon Township, Blendon Institute and Central College. The house is one of four well-preserved buildings that together represent the historic resources of this tiny village, which was platted in 1849 as Amalthea.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Reverend Ebenezer Washburn (builder)","architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and unaltered in part, with a one-story rear addition; used as a residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:13.036664-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003004.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003004/f37a5fdb1f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003004/f37a5fdb1f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wdzinc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rev._Ebenezer_Washburn_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Wdzinc</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:Rev._Ebenezer_Washburn_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985246","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138337651"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/washburn-rev-ebenezer-house-80003004/"}