Johnson-Humrickhouse House (Additional Documentation)

This Greek Revival house at 302 South Third Street in Coshocton was built about 1834 for George Willis Silliman, who came to the town from Zanesville and served ten years as prosecuting attorney. It has a square two-story center section under a hip roof, flanked by one-story wings, with a front porch on four simple columns. The entrance has a glass transom and sidelights, the windows are six-over-six with shutters, and the cornices are denticulated. After Silliman, the house passed to Margaret Johnson-Renfew, whose sons started Coshocton's first bank and married daughters of Peter Humrickhouse, a Revolutionary War captain. The Johnson and Humrickhouse families owned it until 1930, when it was sold to the Pomerene family. The later owners restored it nearly to its original condition, keeping all six original mantels. The house is valued as a well-preserved example of Greek Revival design and for its ties to two early, prosperous local families.