National Register of Historic Places
O.B. Grant House
Listed federally as Grant, O.B., House
Ridgway Township, Elk County, Pennsylvania
The record
- Listed
- April 5, 2004
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 610 W. Main St., Ridgway Township
- County
- Elk
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Period of significance
- 1850 to 1924
- Contributing resources
- 1 building
- Coordinates
- 41.42146, -78.74891
- Reference number
- 04000268
The story
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The O.B. Grant House is an Italianate single-family dwelling at 610 W. Main St. in Ridgway Township, Elk County, built around 1870. It was listed in the National Register in 2004.
Why it's listed
It was listed under criteria B and C, with local significance in architecture and industry. The nomination gives its period of significance as around 1870 to 1920, spanning the house's construction and Grant's residence there.
Physical character
The house has a random ashlar sandstone foundation, weatherboard walls, and an asphalt roof, with an intersecting gable roof rising over a gambrel section. Segmental-arched window openings, paired wood brackets, and a wrap-around veranda mark the exterior, while bay windows and one-over-one wood sash appear throughout. Inside, a side-passage plan leads to rooms with wainscoting and a built-in sideboard-and-mirror combination, and the front door has a transom. Around 1890, Hyde-Murphy Company built a one-story, gable-roofed office addition with a brick chimney on the northeast corner.
Historical context
Oscar B. Grant established a tannery in West Ridgway in 1869, and this house, built around 1870, was his residence until about 1920. The Hyde-Murphy Company, which added the office wing to the house around 1890, was established in 1884 and operated until 1961.