{"nrhp_refnum":"88003191","name":"Light, Jacob, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"234 W. Circle Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Washington Court House","county":"Fayette County","state":"OH","lat":39.53149319200003,"lon":-83.43698725099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-01-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Italianate single-family house on West Circle Avenue in Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio, built in 1875 for merchant tailor Jacob Light.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a good, well-preserved local example of Italianate architecture under Criterion C. It is one of twenty-one Italianate residences in the town and one of four gabled-ell examples, and it retains exceptional integrity. The porch carving reflects improved mid-nineteenth-century woodworking technology.","narrative":"Built in 1875 on a hill along West Circle Avenue in Washington Court House, Ohio, this two-story brick house was constructed for Jacob Light, a merchant tailor who arrived after the railroads made the town a retail trade center. It has an L-shaped plan, a hipped slate roof with paired chimneys, a bracketed cornice, pedimented window hoods with wood shutters, and a front porch with carved supports. Inside, the central hall holds a walnut handrail, oak balusters, yellow poplar woodwork, pine floors and the original fireplace mantels. A kitchen ell at the rear includes a small cellar and an attic room once used as maid's quarters. The house is one of twenty-one Italianate residences in town and one of four gabled-ell examples, and it ranks among the best preserved. It was listed for its architecture. The Light family owned it until 1936. Alterations have been minor, and it remains a single-family home.","period_of_significance":"1875","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling; interior largely intact with minor alterations, and a non-contributing detached garage was added in 1987.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.943676-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/88003191.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88003191/efe46e551b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88003191/efe46e551b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacob_Light_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacob_Light_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988269","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Light_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14716517"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/fayette-county/light-jacob-house-88003191/"}