Stormont, David, House
Why it's listed
Standing at 103 West Main Street in New Concord, Ohio, this two-story wood frame house dates to about 1835 and fronts the old National Road. It has a gable roof, a stone foundation, a five-bay facade with 9/6 windows under moulded pedimented heads, and a central doorway with sidelights. A rear section of one and a half stories is reported to have been built first, with the front wing added later. The house is a midwestern "I" house, a folk type two stories high, one room deep and two rooms wide, with a central hall. It is considered the finest pre-Civil War structure left in a village whose Presbyterian settlers mostly built plain log and frame buildings. David Stormont (1800-1891), a County Antrim native and early settler who farmed 80 acres here, lived in the house, and his family occupied it until 1930. A two-story board-and-batten outbuilding with a fireplace, probably a summer kitchen, is the only one of its type in town.
Significance in brief: It is described as New Concord's finest ante-bellum residence and as a good early local example of the midwestern "I" house type. It is also directly associated with David Stormont, one of the area's first settlers. Its board-and-batten outbuilding is the only one of its kind in the village.
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 83002017, listed April 21, 1983. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 103 W. Main St., New Concord |
|---|---|
| County | Muskingum County |
| Listed | April 21, 1983 |
| Reference number | 83002017 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1800-1899 |
| Architect / builder | unknown |
| Architectural style | Midwestern "I" house (folk house type) |
| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Listed as occupied, in excellent condition, altered, on its original site, and used as a private residence. |
| Acreage | 0.4 |
| Within district | Muskingum River Navigation Historic District |
| Coordinates | 39.99369, -81.73805 (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 83002017.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q138640418
- This listing as JSON
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