{"nrhp_refnum":"80003208","name":"Sheridan House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S. Columbus St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Somerset","county":"Perry County","state":"OH","lat":39.80033407600007,"lon":-82.29362399599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2-story board-and-batten wood frame Gothic Revival house on South Columbus Street (State Route 13) about one mile south of the center of Somerset, Perry County, Ohio, built in 1859, with a 2-story board-and-batten barn behind it.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house embodies the \"Steamboat Gothic\" variant of Gothic Revival, with no other residence in the village or county matching it. It is also tied to Union General Philip H. Sheridan, who built it for his parents and sister. The design appears to derive from a Downing pattern-book \"symmetrical cottage\" published in Godey's Ladies' Book in 1857 and built by a local carpenter.","narrative":"Built in 1859 on South Columbus Street about a mile south of Somerset's center, this two-story wood frame house is a Gothic Revival cottage with vertical board-and-batten siding. Its features include a centered pavilion with a balconied porch under broad Gothic arches, curvilinear bargeboard, lancet-arched upper windows, triangular window hoods and gabled dormers. Inside, a wide central hall holds an open dog-leg stair whose balustrade and newel are said to come from Finck's Tavern. The design closely matches a \"symmetrical cottage\" printed in Godey's Ladies' Book in 1857, itself drawn from A. J. Downing's pattern book, and a local carpenter apparently built it. General Philip H. Sheridan, who grew up in Somerset, had the house built for his parents and his sister Nellie, long-time village postmistress. The property was listed for its architecture, described as the county's best residential example of Gothic Revival, and for the Sheridan connection. A barn stands behind the house, and later additions were made in the 1950s.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1859)","architect_builder":"Local carpenter (unnamed); design probably taken from A. J. Downing's The Architecture of Country Houses","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival (\"Steamboat Gothic\")","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; condition marked excellent and altered. Additions from the 1950s include a garage and wing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.200764-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003208.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003208/de390b1191-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003208/de390b1191-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sheridan_House_in_Somerset.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sheridan_House_in_Somerset.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990864","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138647514"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/perry-county/sheridan-house-80003208/"}