Built in 1892 (Colonial Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1910.
From the record
“The James Boggs Tannehill House is a historic residence in Zanesville, Ohio, United States. Constructed in 1892, it was the home of two of Muskingum County's leading citizens in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and it has been designated a historic site.”
Wikipedia article James Boggs Tannehill House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 81 National Register listings published here for Muskingum County · listed in 1979 · category: Building · built in 1892, Colonial Revival architecture.
National Register reference number.79001921- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1910 to 1992
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
19101992
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Zanesville city. The inset identifies its exact
source book and publication year.
was so named in honor of Captain John C. Hazlett, of 2d O. V. I., and his cousin, Harry Hazlett, of the 5th U.S. Artillery, both of whom were killed during the Civil war; the post was organized June 1, 1881, with the following officers: C. C. Goddard, post commander; M. V. B. Kennedy, senior vice commander; Wilson C.
Zanesville and its immediate vicinity possess facilities for manufacturing in nearly, if not quite, all the industries requiring skilled labor, it is believed, all things considered, equal, if not superior to those of any place East or West. In every item to be taken into account in the make-up of a manufacturing city comparison is challenged. It was the remark of the late John Quincy Adams made in reference to the water power here existing, that "Zanesville was the Lowell of the West." Henry Clay, in one of his letters, after personal inspection of the water power at this point, said: "The water power furnished by the James river at Richmond makes it the best manufacturing site in the United States save that at Zanesville, Ohio." These opinions were expressed before the era of coal and railway transportation.
The manufacturing interest of Zanesville are at this time its leading attraction. It is a growing interest and is imparting to the city a permanent and solid character, and placing it among the most prosperous cities of the West. The progress made in this direction has been rapid during recent years. Old industries have been enlarged and extended, and new ones added which bid fair to become large and prosperous enterprises. This stimulus to manufacturing industry is attributed to the fact that fuel and living are so cheap, market supplies of all kinds so abundant, the facilities for shipment so superior, and the location so central and generally so advantageous. Besides a more enlightened and liberalized sentiment than heretofore existed now prevails, and there is exhibited more of a disposition to encourage productive enterprises by furnishing money at liberal rates to aid in their prosecution.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Capt. James Boggs Tannehill House
between 2012 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson.
Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted
here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Reported cause
Fires
Debris and open burning
33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
6
Power generation/transmission/distribution
5
Equipment and vehicle use
4
Smoking
2
Arson/incendiarism
1
Recreation and ceremony
1
Other causes
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 862 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Capt. James Boggs Tannehill House between 1873 and 1975: 714 Animalia, 123 Plantae, 15 Fungi, 5 Protozoa, 4 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista.
12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by A.E. Miller, Adams, W. (William), Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) et al., Adams, W. M. and others. Each is a
physical object with a catalogue
number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was
collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be
concluded from a species being absent.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
10 workings within 5 miles of Capt. James Boggs Tannehill House: 6 producers, 3 past producers, 1 plant.
7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Zanesville, the town this property stands in, in 113 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 62 thunderstorm wind, 26 hail, 17 flash flood, 5 flood.
The reports record 1 death. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office
filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date
opens the federal record of that event.
Thunderstorm winds blew down four power poles and power lines just north of Zanesville. Several trees were also reported down across the eastern part of the county.
Street flooding was reported in and near Zanesville after 1.30 inches fell in 20 minutes. Large branches were downed east of Zanesville. One branch fell on a passing motorist's car. There was no mention of any injuries.
United States Geological Survey topographic
sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then
testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
When this property was proposed for the
National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is,
and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain.
It is quoted below word for word, never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the
occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s
typewriter's.
Description of the property
cruciform in plan, set on a foundation of random ashlar sandstone and side of the house to the bay window, a distance of 19' from the southwest was originally used as an auxilliary room to the kitchen, but has been The entire house is covered by a slate roof, with some slate rectangular breaks' the ridge of the roof near the center of the building. The interior of the Tannehill House is in a nearly original state of repair, except for the addition of modern bathroom and kitchen facilities. decor include the original wainscoting in the kitchen, a handsome open- finished attic, the latter of which originally housed servants. the city of Zanesville, though at the time of its construction it was corner of the property, all of which is meticulously maintained.
CONDITION UNEXPOSED DETERIORATED UNALTERED XEXCELLENT FAIR CHECK ONE The Captain James Boggs Tannehill House is a 3-story wood frame structure, in the southern bay.A 1-story open frame porch with a hip roof support- alterations do not compromise the architectural integrity of the structure.
hearths and firefronts (probably manufactured by the American Encaustic to the exterior of the Tannehill House consists in the remodeling of remain:a tenant house-summer kitchen,8'x14'and a fine 2-story braced dows rising on the north and south walls at approximately the center of -RUINS Similar 12/1 sash somewhat located in the pediment of the except for one single-hung sash.on:the south wall opening into-the-stair- DATE the secondustory windows extends an entablature-band around Tile Co. of Zanesville). oriented toward the West. There is a 26' frontage with 3-story bay win- ed by Tuscan columns extends across the facade and wraps around the south corner of the house. The southern bay window projects from the house 7' projects 4'.
also lived here, became a prominent lawyer and political figure. The Tannehill (1827-1909), a Belmort County, Ohio, native who spent a good soldiers at Marietta and was elected their captain, a title he retained came one of the county's best known agriculturalists," (Lewis, p.941) Captain Tannehill's son, P.H. Tannehill (1865-1948) was born when his interested in the law, he read law in the office of Frank Southard, a prominent Zanesville attorney, and in 1889 was graduated from the 1500-1599 construction.
1700-1799 ART SIGNIFICANCE BUILDER/ARCHITECT PERIOD ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC EDUCATION LITERATURE CONSERVATION MILITARY AGRICULTURE XARCHITECTURE XPOLITICS/GOVERNMENT _TRANSPORTATION County, where he practiced for sixteen years.During this time he served _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT X1800-1899 PHILOSOPHY. _COMMUNICATIONS Upon his retirement from active farming he erected the nominated Specimen of the architecture indicative of the Colonial Revival move- Tannehill moved into his father's house where he reared his family and _1400-1499 XLAW residence where he and his wife lived until their deaths. -THEATER - ENGINEERING seat and lost by only four votes. His fortunes were better, however, ment which was only barely on the horizon at the time of this house's _1600-1699 Also, with Judge J.O.Lyne and A. H.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 79001921, 11 pages, held by the National Archives in Record
Group 79. See the
catalogue record.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 miles
Other National Register properties close
enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both
positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties
to their map sheets.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.
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