Oram Nincehelser House

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Location 28 N. Main St., Mechanicsburg, Ohio
Coordinates 40°4′22.5″N83°33′24″W / 40.072917°N 83.55667°W / 40.072917; -83.55667 Coordinates: 40°4′22.5″N83°33′24″W / 40.072917°N 83.55667°W / 40.072917; -83.55667
Area Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1893 (1893)
Architectural style Queen Anne
MPS Mechanicsburg MRA
NRHP reference # 85001889 [1]
Added to NRHP August 29, 1985

The Oram Nincehelser House is a historic residence in the village of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, United States. Built for a nineteenth-century local doctor, it has been named a historic site because of its distinctive architecture.

Mechanicsburg, Ohio Village in Ohio, United States

Mechanicsburg is a village in Champaign County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,644 at the 2010 census.

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Oram Nincehelser

Born in Pennsylvania, John Nincehelser married the former Hannah Longabough, and after moving from state to state for a number of years, the Nincehelsers settled in Wayne Township in Champaign County, Ohio, near the community of Cable. Four children were born to their union, of which the youngest who survived to adulthood was their son Oram A. Nicehelser. The family were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. [2] In adulthood, Oram became a physician, opening a practice in 1887 and continuing for more than thirty years; during his first six years, he engaged in partnership with a neighbor, Dr. J.H. Clark, but they later operated separate practices. [3] Nincehelser was active in the local Masonic organizations; he was an officer for one of Mechanicsburg's two Masonic lodges, [4] :638 and he was a member of a Scottish Rite 32° club. [4] :636

Nincehelser, pronounced: Nin-see-hell-sir, is the surname of a family of Americans that are settled throughout the Midwest including the states of: Ohio, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Colorado, and Florida.

Wayne Township, Champaign County, Ohio Township in Ohio, United States

Wayne Township is one of the twelve townships of Champaign County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 1,809.

Champaign County, Ohio County in the United States

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By the 1890s, Nincehelser's practice had made him a wealthy man; [5] Mechanicsburg's growth was attracting many professionals, and he was one of at least three physicians active in the community. [6] :6 Accordingly, after marrying a woman from New York City, he arranged for the construction of a large Queen Anne-style house on Main Street just north of downtown Mechanicsburg. The magnificent new residence was built primarily to impress his new bride, but the couple did not live long in the house: Mrs. Nincehelser deserted her husband after just a few years of marriage. [5] In later years, the original meeting hall of Mechanicsburg's Odd Fellows lodge burned, [6] :7 and Nincehelser sold his home to them in 1931; he had lived alone in the house since his wife left him. [5]

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Architecture

The Nincehelser House is a large residence built primarily in the Queen Anne style, [6] :8 but it includes other stylistic elements, such as a main entrance recessed from the facade, stained glass windows, and a Palladian window. [6] :2 Built of brick with assorted stone elements, the house rests on a stone foundation and is covered with a slate roof. [7] Uniformity is absent from the design; the primarily hipped roof of the two-and-a-half-story residence comprises multiple components, the overall floor plan is asymmetrical, and the windows are of diverse shapes and sizes. [5]

Stained glass decorative window composed of pieces of coloured glass

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Preservation

In 1985, the Oram Nincehelser House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, qualifying both because of its architecture and because of its place as the home of a prominent local citizen. It was one of numerous Mechanicsburg properties (largely houses) listed on the National Register at the same time as part of a multiple property submission; [1] a historic district designation had been considered, but it was rejected because the historic properties were scattered among many more non-historic properties. [6] :8 Among the other newly designated properties were the John H. Clark House and the Demand-Gest House, homes of Nincehelser's medical colleagues located in the same block of North Main. [6] :6

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

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John H. Clark House

The John H. Clark House is a historic residence in the village of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, United States. Built during Mechanicsburg's most prosperous period, it was the home of a prominent local doctor, and it has been named a historic site because of its historic architecture.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. ↑ The History of Champaign County, Ohio. Chicago: Beers, 1881, 841.
  3. ↑ Ware, Joseph. History of Mechanicsburg, Ohio. Columbus: Heer, 1917, 68.
  4. 1 2 Middleton, Evan P., ed. History of Champaign County Ohio: Its People, Industries and Institutions. Vol. 1. Indianapolis: Bowen, 1917.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 120.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Recchie, Nancy. National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mechanicsburg Multiple Resource Area. National Park Service, December 1984.
  7. ↑ Ninchelser, Dr., House, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2013-02-05.
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