{"nrhp_refnum":"82003595","name":"Lilley, Robert D., House","other_names":["Dr. James Bodenhamer residence"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7915 OH 124","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hillsboro","county":"Highland County","state":"OH","lat":39.196017616000034,"lon":-83.59428283081549,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-06-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Flemish bond brick house with one-story side wings, built about 1806-07 on a 17-acre hilltop known as Lilley Hill, east of Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio. The nominated property also includes a c. 1810 log house, a spring house and a frame barn.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the oldest and best-preserved houses in Hillsboro and notes its link to the Lilley family, early physician and public official Robert Doak Lilley among them. It also cites the house's recognition as the center of population of the United States in 1870. The surrounding farm, with its log house, spring house and barn, is described as contributing to the visual harmony of the site.","narrative":"Set on a wooded rise known locally as Lilley Hill, east of Hillsboro, this brick house dates to about 1806-07 and is thought to have been built by Sir James Carter, an Irishman who named the place Dublin Farm. It has a two-story central block laid in Flemish bond, one-story wings, and an unusual stepped brick cornice that is rare in the county. Robert Doak Lilley, an early Hillsboro physician, postmaster and state representative, acquired the farm around 1810-17, and his family lived there for generations. In 1870 the house was recognized as the center of population of the United States, and a marker on the garage notes this. The 17-acre parcel also holds a c. 1810 log house moved from Petersburg Pike in 1972, a stone spring house and an early twentieth-century barn. Together they preserve the visual setting of one of the town's oldest and best-preserved homes.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Sir James Carter","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in excellent condition, unaltered and on its original site; occupied as a private residence. Restoration work was done in the 1960s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.519841-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82003595.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003595/00835d3b66-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003595/00835d3b66-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Aesopposea","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RobertDLilleyHouse.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Aesopposea</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:RobertDLilleyHouse.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989341","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138361437"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/highland-county/lilley-robert-d-house-82003595/"}