Watertown, Ohio

Watertown Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
The Watertown Historic District in 2010.
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Location	East of State Route 339 and north of State Route 676
Coordinates	39°27′59″N 81°37′57″W
Area	60 acres (24 ha)
Architectural style	Stick-Eastlake, Italianate
NRHP reference No.	86000728[1]
Added to NRHP	April 10, 1986

Watertown is an unincorporated community in southwestern Watertown Township, Washington County, Ohio, United States.^[2] It has a post office with the ZIP code 45787.^[3] It lies near the intersection of State Routes 339 and 676 near Wolf Creek, which meets the Muskingum River at Waterford to the north.^[4]

History

A post office called Watertown was established in 1826, and remained in operation until 1993.^[5] The first postmaster also was the town's first merchant when he opened a store in 1828.^[6]

In 1986, the community was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 as a historic district, the "Watertown Historic District."^[1] Seventy-five buildings compose the district: three are built of brick, and the rest are white weatherboarded structures. Most of the contributing properties were built after the Civil War and before World War I. The importance of the district is derived from the architecture of most of its houses, largely because local carpenters made extensive use of Stick-Eastlake ornamental elements in their designs.^[7]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Watertown, Ohio
3. Zip Code Lookup
4. DeLorme, Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer, 7th ed., 2004, pp. 71, 81, ISBN 0-89933-281-1
5. "Washington County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
6. History of Washington County, Ohio: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches. H.Z. Williams. 1881. p. 630.
7. Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 1401.