Rufus Putnam House

Rufus Putnam House
Campus Martius State Memorial
a house above a street
1903 photograph of the house[2]
Rufus Putnam House is located in Ohio
Rufus Putnam House
Rufus Putnam House is located in the United States
Rufus Putnam House
LocationCampus Martius Museum, corner of 2nd and Washington Sts., Marietta, Ohio
Coordinates39°25′16.5″N 81°27′40.0″W / 39.421250°N 81.461111°W / 39.421250; -81.461111
Arealess than one acre
Built1788
Part ofMarietta Historic District (ID74001646)
NRHP reference No.70000524[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 10, 1970
Designated CP1974

The Rufus Putnam House, also known as Campus Martius or Campus Martius Museum State Memorial, is a historic building in Marietta, Ohio. It was built as part of the Campus Martius fortification by General Rufus Putnam, during the early settlement of Ohio by the Ohio Company of Associates.[3]

The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places individually, and it is also a contributing property of the Marietta Historic District. The building is the only surviving part of the Campus Martius fortification and has been enclosed inside the Campus Martius Museum building.[4]

The house has been called "the most outstanding architectural combination of New England tradition and frontier necessity preserved in Ohio today."[5]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Marietta was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Hubbard, Robert Ernest. General Rufus Putnam: George Washington's Chief Military Engineer and the "Father of Ohio," pp. 109-10, 117-18, 126, McFarland & Company, Inc., Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 978-1-4766-7862-7.
  4. ^ Hubbard, Robert Ernest. General Rufus Putnam: George Washington's Chief Military Engineer and the "Father of Ohio," pp. 133, McFarland & Company, Inc., Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 978-1-4766-7862-7.
  5. ^ Porter, Daniel R. "COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITS the RUFUS PUTNAM HOUSE at the Campus Martius Museum". Ohio History. 73: 183–187.