Square 13 Historic District

Square 13 is a 24-acre section of Lancaster, Ohio, laid out by Ebenezer Zane in 1800 and soon the hub of the town's residential area. The district gathers brick and frame houses and a church built from about 1806 through the mid-1800s, showing a continuous run of 19th-century styles. Federal and Greek Revival houses predominate, including the Reese-Mattox House, the Reese-Peters and Matlack houses, and the Georgian-style house at 105 E. Wheeling Street. St. John's Episcopal Church adds a Gothic Revival note, and Victorian homes and small frame cottages appear as well. Daniel Sifford built many of the major buildings. The area is also linked to notable residents, among them Charles Sherman, whose sons John and William Tecumseh Sherman were born in the frame house at 137 E. Main Street, and Thomas Ewing. The concentration of early houses, many still recognizable despite alterations, is the main reason for the district's recognition.