- Mason House (Coal Run, Ohio)
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Mason House
Location: Township Road 393, Coal Run, Ohio Coordinates: 39°33′50″N 81°35′5″W / 39.56389°N 81.58472°WCoordinates: 39°33′50″N 81°35′5″W / 39.56389°N 81.58472°W Area: 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) Built: 1802 Architect: Daniel Davis, Joseph Thompson Architectural style: Saltbox Governing body: Private Part of: Coal Run Historic District (#96000115) NRHP Reference#: 79001978[1] Added to NRHP: November 29, 1979 The Mason House is a historic residence in the unincorporated community of Coal Run in Washington County, Ohio, United States. A saltbox built in 1802,[1] it is among the most well-preserved buildings in Washington County constructed before Ohio's statehood in 1803.[2]
The Mason House is a wooden clapboard structure built on a foundation of sandstone; it is covered with a slate roof, and its architecture includes elements made of brick and of other kinds of stone.[3] Its first owners (and likely its builders) were Daniel Davis and Joseph Thompson; a veteran of local Indian wars, Davis was a member of the garrison for Fort Frye in nearby Waterford. The Mason House's first residents, like many other pioneers in southeastern Ohio, were natives of New England who had moved to what was then the western part of the United States. Among the cultural elements that they brought with them was their architecture; the saltbox style of construction is more common in New England than in Ohio.[2]
In 1979, the Mason House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places; it qualified for inclusion because of its well-preserved and historically significant architecture. Seventeen years later, much of Coal Run was designated a historic district and added to the Register;[1] the Mason House was named one of its eighty-nine contributing properties.[4]
See also
- Montgomery Saltbox Houses, near Cincinnati
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 1395-1396.
- ^ Mason House, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2011-01-02.
- ^ National Register District Address Finder, Ohio Historical Society, 2011. Accessed 2011-01-02.
National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Ohio National Historic Landmark 
Historic districts Coal Run Historic District | Harmar Historic District | Marietta Historic District | Vaughn-Stacy-Evans Farm Historic District | Watertown Historic District
Other properties Charles Rice Ames House | Col. Joseph Barker House | Judge Joseph Barker House | Becker Lumber and Manufacturing Company | Cisler Terrace | Walter Curtis House | Col. Simeon Deming House | Erwin Hall, Marietta College | First Unitarian Church of Marietta | Harra Covered Bridge | Hildreth Covered Bridge | Hune Covered Bridge | William Hune Farm | John Kaiser House | Mason House | Mound Cemetery Mound | Ohio Company Land Office | Rufus Putnam House | Rinard Covered Bridge | Root Covered Bridge | Sawyer-Curtis House | Shinn Covered Bridge | Sixth Street Railroad Bridge | Spencer's Landing | Jonathan Sprague House | Old St. Mary's School | Capt. Jonathan Stone House | Waernicke-Hille House and Store | Wilcox-Mills House
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