{"nrhp_refnum":"80003177","name":"Newcom House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"53 Sherman St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dayton","county":"Montgomery County","state":"OH","lat":39.75664428600004,"lon":-84.16349672599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-07-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small Greek Revival temple-form frame house at 53 Sherman Street in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, with a pedimented two-column porch. The nomination dates it to about 1841, though its exact origins are uncertain.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an exceptional example of a Greek Revival temple-style house. Its finely carved exterior and interior detailing is distinctive in the Miami Valley for its quality and recalls the Old Courthouse in Dayton. The structural evidence is characteristic of 1840s Greek Revival rather than the Italianate-influenced style of the 1850s.","narrative":"Set on Sherman Street in a modest working-class neighborhood of Dayton, this diminutive Greek Revival house takes the form of a small temple. Its brace-frame structure rests on a limestone foundation, and a pedimented porch carries two Ionic columns with fluting, egg-and-dart ornament and bead-and-reel detail. A letter from a descendant of a later occupant suggests the porch once had four columns. Inside, the moulding profiles follow Greek Revival ogee forms, and a central chimney serves fireplaces facing both parlors. The land belonged to Col. George Newcom, an early settler and tavern keeper, and tax records show an improvement on it in 1841. Whether the house was built there or moved remains unresolved, though the foundation and structural evidence point to the 1840s. The quality of its carved detail is considered unusual for the Miami Valley and recalls Dayton's Old Courthouse. Renovation was under way at the time of the nomination.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival (temple form)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Described as deteriorated and under renovation, with utilities being installed and original mantels removed for rehabilitation; the neighborhood is run down.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.753534-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003177.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990410","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/montgomery-county/newcom-house-80003177/"}