{"nrhp_refnum":"80003244","name":"Curtis, Walter, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Little Hocking","address_restricted":false,"city":"Little Hocking","county":"Washington County","state":"OH","lat":39.22149219600004,"lon":-81.71054799299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-10-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick farmhouse along State Route 124 near Little Hocking and Hockingport on the Ohio River in Washington County, Ohio, built in 1827 for Walter Curtis.","why_significant":"It is nominated as an unusually intact early Greek Revival farmhouse that stands out among the log and simple frame rural dwellings of the area. It is also tied to Walter Curtis, a legislator and judge who was active in early Ohio River keelboat trade.","narrative":"Built in 1827 along the Ohio River south of Little Hocking, this two-story brick farmhouse was constructed for Walter Curtis, whose father settled the land in 1796. The house replaced an earlier log homestead. Its main block has three bays, common-bond brick, a gable roof, and an offset trabeated doorway with an eight-panel door, transom and sidelights typical of Midwestern Greek Revival. Original 6/6 and 12/12 windows, stone lintels and louvered shutters survive. A narrower two-story wing with front and back porches was apparently added or raised later. Most high-style houses of the period stood in larger towns such as Marietta and Belpre, while rural dwellings were usually log or simple frame, so this house is a notable exception. Curtis built keelboats for river trade, served as an associate judge and state representative, and later as county commissioner. The property was listed for its architecture and its link to local politics and river commerce.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition and altered, on its original site; marked unoccupied. A later porch and a raised two-story wing are noted. No historic outbuildings remain.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.886435-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003244.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003244/8e1106daf4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003244/8e1106daf4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Bwsmith84 at en.wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walter_Curtis_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bwsmith84 at en.wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walter_Curtis_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991929","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Curtis_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7964629"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/washington-county/curtis-walter-house-80003244/"}