{"nrhp_refnum":"84003695","name":"Tambling, Lucius T., House","other_names":["Tambling-Clift Home"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"14025 Chillicothe Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Novelty","county":"Geauga County","state":"OH","lat":41.485666449000064,"lon":-81.33930004699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-03-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Greek Revival upright-and-wing farmhouse at 14025 Chillicothe Road (State Route 306) in Novelty, Russell township, Geauga County, Ohio. A log cabin built in 1838 was incorporated into the one-story wing, and the farmhouse was completed in 1854.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be eligible under criterion C as a variation on the upright-and-wing Greek Revival farmhouse common in the Western Reserve. It is unusually large, about 2,200 square feet against a typical 1,200 to 1,500, and its linear plan faces the road with the ridge side of the wing and main block. It is also tied to Lucius T. Tambling, a prominent farmer, banker, educator and churchman.","narrative":"This Greek Revival farmhouse in Novelty, Ohio, combines a story-and-a-half main block with a one-story wing, a form known as upright and wing that is common across the Western Reserve. Lucius T. Tambling built a two-room log cabin on the site in 1838, and it was folded into the wing when the farmhouse was finished in 1854. The frame house has a fieldstone foundation, clapboard siding, nine-over-six windows and Doric porch pillars. At over 2,200 square feet it is roughly one and a half times the size of a typical local farmhouse, and its long, linear plan faces the road. Tambling, a potato farmer, lender, school donor and church founder, came from New York in 1835 and owned over a thousand acres by 1874. In 1982 the house was moved across the road to the original cabin site, keeping its orientation, to save it from demolition. Its design and size are the basis of its listing.","period_of_significance":"1838-1854","architect_builder":"Lucius Tilden Tambling","architectural_style":"Greek Revival (upright and wing farmhouse)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Moved in 1982 across Chillicothe Road to the site of the original log cabin to save it from being burned in a fire department exercise. Repairs were under way, including roof, clapboard siding and window replacement where needed. The form describes its condition as good with no major alterations.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:15.120384-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/84003695.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003695/1772fc8d29-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003695/1772fc8d29-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lucius_T._Tambling_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lucius_T._Tambling_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988668","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138340180"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/geauga-county/tambling-lucius-t-house-84003695/"}