{"nrhp_refnum":"89001032","name":"Helpman-Chaney House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"132 W. Columbus St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Canal Winchester","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":39.841703976000076,"lon":-82.81058472899997,"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 Italianate house at 132 West Columbus Street in Canal Winchester, Franklin County, Ohio, built about 1875 on an irregular T-shaped plan with a hipped roof.","why_significant":"It is significant for architecture as an example of vernacular domestic architecture of the Railroad Era (1869-1904) with Italianate design. It is one of four Italianate brick houses within the incorporated limits and a visual landmark at the west end of West Columbus Street. The builder is uncertain, so it is not nominated for its associations, though its early owners, John Helpman and Eliza Chaney, were prominent locally.","narrative":"Built around 1875, this two-story brick house at 132 West Columbus Street in Canal Winchester sits on a T-shaped plan beneath a shallow hipped roof with wide eaves and an entablature. Tall, narrow two-over-two windows with cutstone sills and lintels, a five-sided bay window and a sandstone foundation give it an Italianate character. Inside, a curved central staircase with turned spindles and original woodwork survive. The house terminates the west view along West Columbus Street, making it a local landmark. It is one of four brick Italianate houses within the village limits and represents vernacular domestic architecture of the railroad era. Land records show John Helpman, a prominent lumber and planing mill businessman and civic officeholder, bought the land in 1865 and sold it in 1879 to Eliza Chaney, widow of a miller. The builder is uncertain. The house was divided into multiple units in the 1960s and 1970s, then rehabilitated between 1979 and 1985.","period_of_significance":"C. 1875","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate; Other: Hipped T Plan","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single dwelling. Rehabilitated 1979-1985 after conversion to multiple units (c. 1962-1979). A c. 1980 garage is noncontributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.997431-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/89001032.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001032/b3277855fc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001032/b3277855fc-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wdzinc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Helpman-Chaney_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:Helpman-Chaney_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985085","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137810146"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/helpman-chaney-house-89001032/"}