Blair House (Montgomery, Ohio)
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| Location | 7844 Remington Rd., Montgomery, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 39°13′42″N 84°21′34″W / 39.22833°N 84.35944°WCoordinates: 39°13′42″N 84°21′34″W / 39.22833°N 84.35944°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1875 |
| Architect | James Madison Blair |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| Governing body | Private |
| NRHP Reference # | 82001466[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 30, 1982 |
The Blair House is a historic house in the city of Montgomery, Ohio, United States. One of the best examples of Victorian-period Italianate architecture in the city, it was built for butcher James Blair and his wife Anne in 1875.[2] A brick structure with a slate roof,[3] it is a two-story structure built in the plan of the letter "L." Among its distinctive architectural elements are the ornamented single-story bay, the brackets that support the eaves of the roof, and the corbelled chimneys.[2]
In 1982, the Blair House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its well-preserved historic architecture.[1] Its date makes it close to unique; most of the city's remaining nineteenth-century buildings were erected before 1850, and almost no other Victorian structures have survived to the present day.[2] It is one of five locations in Montgomery that is listed on the Register, along with the Montgomery Saltbox Houses, the Universalist Church Historic District, the Wilder-Swaim House, and the Yost Tavern.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 567.
- ↑ Blair House, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2010-10-11.
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