{"nrhp_refnum":"89001024","name":"Arendt-Seymour House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"53 W. Columbus St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Canal Winchester","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":39.84138475800006,"lon":-82.80794669399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-08-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick house of hipped T plan at 53 West Columbus Street in Canal Winchester, Franklin County, Ohio, built around 1875 in the Italianate manner, with one rear outbuilding.","why_significant":"It is significant under Criterion C as a representative example of vernacular town domestic architecture of the Railroad Era (1869-1904). It is one of 18 hipped L or T plan houses in the town's limits and the only one nominated individually. The nomination cites its well-preserved exterior and its unaltered interior room arrangement and details.","narrative":"Built around 1875 at 53 West Columbus Street in Canal Winchester, this two-story brick house follows a T-shaped plan under a low-pitched hip roof covered in standing-seam tin. Wide eaves, a projecting cornice, tall narrow two-over-two windows with cut-stone sills and lintels, and a transomed single-door entry give it an Italianate character. A wraparound porch with square wood posts serves the front and east sides, and later brick additions sit at the rear. Inside, the three-room plan survives intact, with red oak woodwork, four-panel doors with etched glass transoms, and a staircase with hand-turned spindles. The lot once held the log homestead of John Coleman, and Rachel P. Arendt acquired it in 1875; the Seymour family later owned the house until 1936. It is one of 18 hipped L or T plan houses in town and was chosen for its well-preserved exterior and unaltered interior as a representative example of vernacular town architecture from the railroad era.","period_of_significance":"c. 1875","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Italianate; hipped T plan","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Historic and current function is a single-family dwelling; the exterior is well preserved and the interior unaltered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.641105-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/89001024.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001024/afa90c0781-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001024/afa90c0781-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wdzinc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arendt-Seymour_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Wdzinc</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:Arendt-Seymour_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985075","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arendt%E2%80%93Seymour_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4788972"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/arendt-seymour-house-89001024/"}