Sells, Benjamin, Wash House
Why it's listed
This small brick wash house at 4586 Hayden Run Road, in the Dublin area of Washington Township, Franklin County, Ohio, dates to about 1840. It is a one-story rectangular building with brick bearing walls on an uncoursed fieldstone foundation, built into a small hillside. The gabled roof is covered in asbestos shingles, and the cornice is a plain box style. The entrance on the north side has an arched entry framed with brick headers, and a window on the east side has shutters and six-over-six panes. A chimney rises toward the south end. The building was originally part of the farm complex of the Benjamin Sells homestead. Sells was an early settler in the Dublin area who arrived in 1809 with his father and brothers, and the Sells family remained prominent locally throughout the 1800s. The setting is farmland with slightly hilly terrain, and the inventory records the building's condition as excellent.
Significance in brief: It is a surviving part of the original farm complex of the B. Sells homestead. Benjamin Sells was an early Dublin-area settler who arrived in 1809 with his father and brothers, and the Sells family stayed prominent in the Dublin area throughout the 1800s.
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 79002893, listed April 11, 1979. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence low).
Key facts
| Address | 4586 Hayden Run Rd., Dublin |
|---|---|
| County | Franklin County |
| Listed | April 11, 1979 |
| Reference number | 79002893 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Inventory sheet records interior and exterior condition as excellent; the roof has new asbestos shingles. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 40.06816, -83.11552 (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.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 79002893.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- This listing as JSON
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