Dr. Adam Mosgrove House

The Dr. Adam Mosgrove House is a historic house in Urbana, Ohio, United States. Located along Miami Street (U.S. Route 36[2]) on the city's western side,[1] it was built in 1833 as the home of physician Adam Mosgrove, one of Urbana's first doctors. A native of Enniskillen in Ireland, Mosgrove immigrated to the United States in 1816; he moved to Urbana after living in Elizabethtown and Lancaster, Ohio.[3]:120

Dr. Adam Mosgrove House
Front of the house
Location127 Miami St., Urbana, Ohio
Coordinates40°6′29″N 83°45′14″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1833
Architectural styleFederal, Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.82003550[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 15, 1982

A two-and-one-half-story structure, the brick house is a simple rectangle built upon a stone foundation.[3]:120 Its style is predominately Federal, although the entrance is strongly Greek Revival,[3]:119 featuring pilasters topped with Doric capitals.[3]:120 As one of Urbana's oldest houses,[3]:119 and as the home of one of its leading early citizens, the Mosgrove House has been seen as historically significant;[3]:120 for this reason, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. DeLorme. Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. 7th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, 56. ISBN 0-89933-281-1.
  3. Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999.
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