{"nrhp_refnum":"87002089","name":"Newman, William, House","other_names":["Revision--Fowler Property No. 1"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"716 Second St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Portsmouth","county":"Scioto County","state":"OH","lat":38.731533255000045,"lon":-82.99818920799999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-12-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2 1/2-story gable-roofed brick house at 716 Second Street in Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio, built as a three-bay half-I type house, likely in 1843 by builder William Newman, at the edge of the Boneyfiddle commercial district.","why_significant":"The house is significant as the residence of William Newman, an early Portsmouth contractor who built several of the city's important mid-19th century buildings, including two churches. It also illustrates the 1840s-50s trend in Portsmouth toward three-bay half-I houses with Federal and Greek Revival detailing, and is one of a handful still standing.","narrative":"Built around 1843 at 716 Second Street in Portsmouth, Ohio, this brick house was the home of William Newman, a bricklayer and contractor. It is a 2 1/2-story, gable-roofed, three-bay half-I house, one room deep, with a boxed cornice, Greek Revival gable returns, a recessed front entry with raised moldings, simple stone lintels and sills, and a circular porthole window lighting the staircase. Additions were made in 1847 and 1870, and a yellow brick porch in 1908, but these have since been removed. Some early interior features, including the staircase, remain. Newman, born in Virginia in 1807, settled in Portsmouth in 1838. He is credited with building First Presbyterian Church and All Saints Episcopal Church, both in 1850, and with brickwork on the 1871 high school. He also served on the city council and school board and was elected state senator in 1859. The house is the only known residence he occupied, and it shows the half-I house form favored in Portsmouth during the 1840s and 1850s.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"William Newman (builder)","architectural_style":"Half-I house with Federal and Greek Revival elements","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"The 1980 inventory lists the house as vacant with exterior in good condition; the later nomination text says later additions were removed and the structure was renovated as a residence.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.804404-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/87002089.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002089/e418cf1520-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87002089/e418cf1520-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Thomas Abernathy","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Newman_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Abernathy</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Newman_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986116","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108532886"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/scioto-county/newman-william-house-87002089/"}