Ansel T. Walling House

Ansel T. Walling House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Front of the house
Location	146 W. Union St., Circleville, Ohio
Coordinates	39°35′58″N 82°56′55″W / 39.59944°N 82.94861°WCoordinates: 39°35′58″N 82°56′55″W / 39.59944°N 82.94861°W
Area	Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1869
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP Reference #	87002145[1]
Added to NRHP	December 14, 1987

The Ansel T. Walling House is a historic house in Circleville, Ohio, United States. An Italianate structure that was built in 1869,^[1] it was the home of Ansel T. Walling, a state and federal legislator.^[2]

A native of New York, Walling settled in northeastern Ohio in 1843, where he began to publish a local newspaper. After serving as a clerk for the Ohio House of Representatives, he and his wife Sarah moved to Circleville in 1863; there they bought land and soon began to erect a house.^[2] Completed in 1869, its brick walls rest on a foundation of sandstone and are covered with an asphalt roof.^[3] Elements such as a bracketed cornice and a pitched roof with prominent eaves make the house distinctively Italianate; it is one of Circleville's best Italianate houses.^[2]

Major dates in the Walling House's history include Walling's death in 1896, his widow's death in 1922,^[2] and its designation as a historic site in 1987. In that year, the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, qualifying because of its connection to Walling and because of its well-preserved historic architecture. Two other houses in the same block, known as the Morris and William Marshall Houses, are also listed on the National Register.^[1]

References

1. Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 1151-1152.
3. Walling, Ansel T., House, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2010-09-16.