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Title	Allen Home
Subject	Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works., Domestic--United States Doorways Dwellings Housing Ohio--History--Pictorial works Federal Writers' Project
Time Period	1930s 1940s
Place	Chillicothe (Ohio) Ross County (Ohio)
Description	Caption reads: "Doorway at 139 W 2nd St., Chillicothe." According to the Ohio Historic Inventory, the original house was built around 1800. Another source placed the interior fine Federal cabinetwork to circa 1825-1830. Also according to the Ohio Historic Inventory, the Greek Revival front section was added in 1830. Another source, however, indicates this second section was added sometime after Caleb and Mary Inglish Allen acquired the house in 1845. The initials C.A. dated 1864 are inscribed in a ladder in the attic. The "legend" behind this ladder and the rooftop it leads to is that it was a lookout for the Underground Railway. In 1919, Caleb and Mary's daughter, Mary Etta Allen Trimble, inherited the house. Her daughter, Gertrude Allen, inherited the home in 1930. She added the section in your photo. Based on oral history, this section was probably added in the late 1930s. Rhea Allen Mettler inherited the house in 1958 after Gertrude Allen passed. When Rhea Allen Mettler passed, the home was sold to William and Meng in 1968. This house passed within family through five generations from the 1830s to 1968. This information was provided by Amy Kuhner, a former resident of the house.
Creator	Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Collection	Ohio Guide Photographs
Source	State Archives Series 1039 AV
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	SA1039AV_B01F07_005
Display File Type	image/jp2
Format	picture
Date created	2009-04-25
Date modified	2011-06-16

Title	SA1039AV_B01F07_005_001
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	SA1039AV_B01F07_005_001
Format	picture
Date created	2009-04-25
Date modified	2012-10-03

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