{"nrhp_refnum":"80003141","name":"Oakwood","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"64-70 Penney Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newark","county":"Licking County","state":"OH","lat":40.06146901400007,"lon":-82.38390940399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-05-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Oakwood is a Gothic Revival villa at 64-70 Penney Avenue in Newark, Licking County, Ohio, completed in 1851 on a 0.6-acre remnant of a former 200-acre farm estate.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an excellent Gothic Revival villa in Central Ohio and the only Ohio house designed by Alexander J. Davis in that style. It is described as a unique example of a design pattern created jointly by Davis and A. J. Downing. It also gains significance as a setting for photographs by Clarence White in the late 1890s.","narrative":"Oakwood is a brick and stucco Gothic Revival villa in Newark, Ohio, completed in 1851 on a knoll that once overlooked a 200-acre farm. George Washington Penney, a railroad entrepreneur and banker, built it and later ran hot-houses and gardens as a commercial florist. New York architect Alexander J. Davis designed it in 1849 by mail, modifying a design he and A. J. Downing had drawn for a client in Springfield, Massachusetts. William A. Boss built the house. Its asymmetrical, cross-shaped plan is dominated by a high gable with a pierced bargeboard, a Tudor-arched entrance, mullioned windows and a low verandah. It is the only Gothic Revival house by Davis in Ohio and is described as evidence of the collaboration between Davis and Downing. Photographer Clarence White and his camera club friends also used the house as a favorite setting in the late 1890s. The estate has been subdivided, and the house now holds six apartments.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"A.J. Davis and A.J. Downing (architects); William A. Boss (builder)","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival villa","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; divided into six apartments, with the exterior largely intact. Listed as deteriorated and altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.775945-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003141.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003141/2aea3338b3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003141/2aea3338b3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wdzinc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oakwood_-_Newark_Ohio.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:Oakwood_-_Newark_Ohio.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989686","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138461079"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/licking-county/oakwood-80003141/"}