{"nrhp_refnum":"80003249","name":"Walker, William, Jr., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"132--134 S. 4th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Upper Sandusky","county":"Wyandot County","state":"OH","lat":40.82886515400003,"lon":-83.27826713799999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-03-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Religion"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1½-story wood frame house at 132-134 South Fourth Street in Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, Ohio, built between 1825 and 1830 by William Walker, Jr., a Wyandott chief. It is now a duplex.","why_significant":"The house is tied to William Walker, Jr., a Wyandott chief, teacher, storekeeper and first postmaster of Upper Sandusky. His 1833 letter about the plight of Indians drew missionaries west and helped open the old northwest to settlement. It was the first frame residence in Upper Sandusky and may be the city's oldest house.","narrative":"This 1½-story wood brace frame house at 132-134 South Fourth Street in Upper Sandusky was built between 1825 and 1830 for William Walker, Jr., a Wyandott chief of the Big Turtle clan. Its brick foundation indicates construction after 1825, when the first bricks were fired locally, and the house was the first frame residence in town after the mission school and a council house. Walker taught at the Methodist mission school, ran the first store and served as the first postmaster. His 1833 letter in the Christian Advocate described the hardships of Indian people and led many missionaries to travel west, helping open the old northwest to settlement. He led the Wyandotts out of Ohio in 1843 and later became first governor of the provisional government of Nebraska Territory. The house has been covered in asbestos shingle siding and its porch divided because it is now a duplex, but it has seen few other changes and is regarded locally as a historical landmark.","period_of_significance":"1825-1830","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied; in use as a private residence and rental duplex, with asbestos shingle siding added and the porch divided into two sections.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.846125-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003249.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003249/340d220d58-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003249/340d220d58-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Walker,_Jr._House_in_Upper_Sandusky_with_sunlight.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Walker,_Jr._House_in_Upper_Sandusky_with_sunlight.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992076","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138774065"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/wyandot-county/walker-william-jr-house-80003249/"}