{"nrhp_refnum":"86000034","name":"Crescent Hill","other_names":["Lemert--Hornung--Miller House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"44 W. Fifth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dresden","county":"Muskingum County","state":"OH","lat":39.94223007700003,"lon":-82.01373275899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-01-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick residence at 44 West Fifth Street in Dresden, Muskingum County, Ohio, built in 1856 for Lewis J. Lemert and known as Crescent Hill. It sits on a knoll overlooking the older part of the village.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is tied to the commercial and industrial heritage of Dresden. It was the home of two bankers, Lewis Lemert and John Hornung, and of John Miller, a manufacturing superintendent at a hosiery and woolen mill. It is treated as a local landmark whose associations with these men contribute to its local significance.","narrative":"Crescent Hill is a two-story brick house at 44 West Fifth Street in Dresden, Ohio, built in 1856 for banker and merchant Lewis J. Lemert. It stands on a sandstone foundation atop a knoll, with a hipped roof, pedimental window hoods and a doorway with cranberry glass sidelights. The name came from a crescent-shaped weathervane on the original roof. Over time the house changed: a glazed belvedere and ornate frame porches disappeared, a bay window was added on the south side, and a concrete porch was built before 1917. Its importance lies in the people who lived there. Lemert founded Dresden's first bank in 1852. John Hornung, a pharmacist and bank cashier, bought the house in 1889 and later lost bank funds through speculation. John Miller, superintendent of a hosiery and woolen mill, purchased it in 1917 and his family kept it. Together these owners link the house to the village's commercial and industrial past.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["B"],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent and altered; the house remains occupied as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.727909-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/86000034.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000034/97b14e8057-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000034/97b14e8057-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Tristan Blatt","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cresent_Hill.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tristan Blatt</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cresent_Hill.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"07000025","name":"Muskingum River Navigation Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/muskingum-river-navigation-historic-district-07000025/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990769","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138639827"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/muskingum-county/crescent-hill-86000034/"}