The John Q.A. Ward House is a historic house in
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Ohio,
United States. Located along College Street on the city's western side,
it was built in 1820 by
Colonel William Ward, the founder of Urbana, as a wedding present for his son, John Anderson Ward. John lived in the house until his death in 1855.
[Owen, Lorrie K., ed. ''Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places''. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 124.]
John A. Ward's son,
John Quincy Adams Ward, is the namesake of the house. A sculptor, Ward was known for multiple carvings of the
Marquis de Lafayette,
George Washington
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, and
Oliver Hazard Perry.
The Ward House is historically significant for its early architecture. Based on a stone
foundation, the brick house is a two-
story structure built in an "L" plan.
This well-preserved architecture, together with its connection to John Q.A. Ward, led to the house's addition to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
References
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Houses completed in 1820
Houses in Champaign County, Ohio
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio
National Register of Historic Places in Champaign County, Ohio
Urbana, Ohio