Benjamin Franklin Coppess House
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Benjamin Franklin Coppess House
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| Location: | 209 Washington St., Greenville, Ohio |
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| Coordinates: | 40°5′54″N 84°37′48″W / 40.09833°N 84.63000°WCoordinates: 40°5′54″N 84°37′48″W / 40.09833°N 84.63000°W |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Built: | 1882 |
| Architectural style: | Queen Anne/Stick-Eastlake |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 78002052[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | March 10, 1978 |
The Benjamin Franklin Coppess House, built in 1882, is a historic Queen Anne and Stick-Eastlake style house located at 209 Washington Street in Greenville, Ohio, United States.[1] Featuring an unusually detailed Stick-Eastlake brick facade, the Coppess House is a T-shaped building that is supported by a stone foundation. A large enclosed porch and a veranda wrap around the "lower" portion of the "T", which faces the street. As well as the distinctive porch, the house is historically significant because of a bathroom — it is believed to have been the first Greenville building with a flush toilet. Its builder, Benjamin Coppess, was a farmer and local government official in Darke County and the grandson of one of the county's earliest pioneers.[2]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
- ^ Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 303.
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