Joseph Murphy Residence

Urbana, Ohio

Date: 1908
Address: 539 Scioto, Urbana, Ohio
Joseph Murphy owned Murphy Lumber and Coal Company.

This home, believed to be designed by Packard, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This massive stately home was originally built in 1908 and includes eight bedrooms, four bathrooms, seven fireplaces, and three kitchens.This rock faced masonry is characterized as a Richardsonian-Romanesque style. Romanesque is a European architecture prevalent through 9th-12th century. The appearance is massive with wide arches, highlighting window and door openings. Some of the transoms are stained glass at the second story level. The third floor center gable has a scroll motif and a stone finial projection at each lower side. This home has a ball room on the third floor and an elevator. (From HISTORIC URBANA OHIO SELF-GUIDED WALKING TOUR - SCIOTO STREET and historicalhomesofamerica.com)