Lansdowne House (Greenville, Ohio)

Lansdowne House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	338 E. 3rd St., Greenville, Ohio
Coordinates	40°6′14″N84°37′43″W / 40.10389°N 84.62861°W / 40.10389; -84.62861
Area	Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1870
NRHP reference No.	79001824 [1]
Added to NRHP	April 20, 1979

The Lansdowne House is a historic house in Greenville, Ohio, United States. Built in 1870, ^[1] it was the residence of Zachary Lansdowne, who was a pioneer in the development of the U.S. Navy's airship program and commanded the airship Shenandoah . A native of Greenville, Lansdowne attended the United States Naval Academy upon graduating from Greenville High School; ^[2] as Shenandoah's skipper, he was killed in its crash on September 3, 1925. ^[3]

Architecturally, the Lansdowne House is unremarkable. It is a simple two-story rectangular frame structure, ^[2] topped with a shingled roof and supported by a foundation of limestone. ^[4]

In 1979, the Lansdowne House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It qualified to be added to the Register because of its connection to Zachary Lansdowne. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 306.
3. Lansdowne, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Accessed 2010-05-22.
4. Lansdowne House, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2010-05-22.