Blair House (Montgomery, Ohio)

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Blair House
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Location7844 Remington Rd., Montgomery, Ohio
Coordinates 39°13′42″N84°21′34″W / 39.22833°N 84.35944°W / 39.22833; -84.35944 Coordinates: 39°13′42″N84°21′34″W / 39.22833°N 84.35944°W / 39.22833; -84.35944
Arealess than one acre
Built1875
ArchitectJames Madison Blair
Architectural style Italianate
NRHP reference No. 82001466 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 567.
  3. Blair House, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2010-10-11.