Pinney Road Log Cabin
Why it's listed
This one-and-a-half-story log house stands on Pinney Road in Washington Township, near Dublin, Franklin County, Ohio. Built of heavy log, it has a gable roof, a stone foundation, a basement, and a front with four bays and two on the side. The logs are covered with vertical boards and four-inch wood battens. Original wood arched door and window mouldings survive. The survey sheet identifies it as essentially a double-pen log cabin and notes that it appears to have stood on the farm of Dr. E.M. Pinney, as shown in an 1872 atlas. It sits alone in a soybean field about 1,300 feet west of the Frantz Road intersection, with an oil complex to the southwest. Originally a house, it is now described as derelict, in poor condition, and endangered by neglect. The property was included in a group of Washington Township historic resources, and its value lies in its surviving log construction and period woodwork.
Significance in brief: The inventory sheet says the house appears on the 1872 farm of Dr. E.M. Pinney and is essentially a double-pen log cabin. Its significance rests on that surviving log construction and original wood arched door and window mouldings. No formal statement of significance, criteria or period is given.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 79002786, listed April 11, 1979. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence low).
Key facts
| Address | Pinney Rd., Dublin |
|---|---|
| County | Franklin County |
| Listed | April 11, 1979 |
| Reference number | 79002786 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Listed as derelict, in poor exterior condition, suffering neglect, and endangered; no preservation work is underway. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 40.09773, -83.11690 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
Noted as vacant in the nomination. Nomination documents can be decades old; current status may differ. If you are considering buying an empty listed property, read the due-diligence checklist.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 79002786.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- This listing as JSON
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