Bellevue is a historic farmhouse

Farmhouse

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 located near the village of Kingston

Kingston, Ohio

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 in southern Pickaway County

Pickaway County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 52,727 people, 17,599 households, and 13,287 families residing in the county. The population density was 105 people per square mile . There were 18,596 housing units at an average density of 37 per square mile...

, Ohio

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, United States

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. Built of brick on a stone foundation, it was the home of leading early Ohio politician Renick Dunlap.

Built from 1835 to 1840, Bellevue was constructed for Colonel William Entrekin, whose family owned the property until its sale to Nelson Dunlap in 1899. Nelson's son Renick held several political offices, including Ohio Secretary of Agriculture, State Senator

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, and United States Assistant Secretary of Agriculture

United States Department of Agriculture

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. His house is a rectangular two-and-a-half story

Storey

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 structure, located along State Route 159. The Federal

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 style of its original construction endures little changed to the present day, making the house one of the region's best nineteenth-century farmsteads. In 1976, Bellevue was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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, both because of its well-preserved architecture and because of its connection to Renick Dunlap.