Wilder–Swaim House
Front and side of the house
Wilder–Swaim House is located in Ohio
Wilder–Swaim House
Wilder–Swaim House is located in the United States
Wilder–Swaim House
Location7650 Cooper Rd., Montgomery, Ohio
Coordinates39°13′41″N 84°21′36″W / 39.22806°N 84.36000°W / 39.22806; -84.36000
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1815
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.81000438[1]
Added to NRHPMay 20, 1981

The Wilder–Swaim House is a historic house in Montgomery, Ohio, United States. Built in 1815,[1] its oldest portion is a one-and-one-half-story building. Although it is primarily a frame structure, the house includes multiple elements of other materials, such as a brick firewall and a frieze with a bas-relief element. Its name is derived from two families that lived there for many years: the Wilders, resident from 1833 to 1879, and the Swaims, resident from 1917 to 1976.[2]: 689 

The most significant event in the house's history was a major expansion around 1840; such an expansion was a common event in early Montgomery as it transitioned from a frontier settlement to an established community.[2]: 689  Although most of Montgomery's nineteenth-century buildings date from the first half of the century,[2]: 567  houses as old as the Wilder–Swaim House are rare. It has been changed less by time than have many other surviving early houses; as a result, it has been seen as one of the area's best-preserved early Federal structure.[2]: 689 

In 1981, the Wilder–Swaim House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, due to its well-preserved historic architecture. It is one of five locations in Montgomery that is listed on the Register, along with the Blair House, the Montgomery Saltbox Houses, the Universalist Church Historic District, and the Yost Tavern.[1] Today, the house is used by a historic preservation organization known as the Montgomery Historic Preservation Association.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999.
  3. ↑ Interesting facts about the Wilder Swaim House, City of Montgomery, 2008. Accessed 2010-10-11.
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