The Ralph Hardesty Stone House is a
historic house
A historic house generally meets several criteria before being listed by an official body as "historic." Generally the building is at least a certain age, depending on the rules for the individual list. A second factor is that the building be i ...
located on Main Street in
Norwich
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,
Ohio
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.
Description and history
The house is a two-story
stone building
The Ellen Stone Building, built in 1833, is an historic Greek Revival style building located at 735 Massachusetts Avenue in Lexington, Massachusetts. It was originally a meeting hall and lyceum for East Lexington, which had its own civic identit ...
with a
slate
Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous, metamorphic rock derived from an original shale-type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade, regional metamorphism. It is the finest-grained foliated metamorphic ro ...
gable
A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used, which reflects climate, material availability, and aesth ...
roof. The
facade on the south has three
bays
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with the door in the center bay. The original house was . The native
sandstone
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used in construction is dressed and shows numerous tooling marks. The west gable end of the building show evidence an addition might have been attached there. This is supported by early tax records describing a "stone and brick" house. The interior retains much of the original design with an open two run
stair
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way off a central hall. The stairway has a plain railing and delicate square balusters. Original
woodwork
Woodworking is the skill of making items from wood, and includes cabinetry, furniture making, wood carving, joinery, carpentry, and woodturning.
History
Along with stone, clay and animal parts, wood was one of the first materials worked by ...
including window and door
molding and
chair rails is largely intact. Built in 1836 the house was placed on the
National Register on March 11, 1980.
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See also
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* History of Ohio
The history of Ohio as a U.S. state, state began when the Northwest Territory was Indiana Territory, divided in 1800, and the remainder reorganized for admission to the union on March 1, 1803, as the 17th state of the United States. The reco ...
References
External links
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio
Houses completed in 1836
Houses in Muskingum County, Ohio
National Register of Historic Places in Muskingum County, Ohio
Stone houses in Ohio
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