Adena Court Apartments

Adena Court Apartments
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Front of the apartments
Location	41 S. 4th St., Zanesville, Ohio
Coordinates	39°56′22″N 82°0′29″W / 39.93944°N 82.00806°WCoordinates: 39°56′22″N 82°0′29″W / 39.93944°N 82.00806°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1906
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference #	80003190[1]
Added to NRHP	September 27, 1980

The Adena Court Apartments are an apartment building in downtown Zanesville, Ohio, United States. Built in 1906,^[1] the apartments are a well-preserved example of the Colonial Revival style of architecture of the early twentieth century.^[2]

This three-story apartment building was built for Charles M. Lenhart, a Zanesfield doctor. Born in the countryside of Muskingum County, Lenhart was a leading physician at two Zanesfield hospitals, as well as maintaining his own practice on South Fourth Street in downtown. Consequently, when he decided to erect an apartment building, it was constructed to accommodate his older property; the core of the building is Lenhart's house-and-office building.^[2] The unknown architect that he hired to design this structure employed brick for the exterior, along with details of stone and metal.^[3] With the structure complete, Lenhart and his family moved into one of the apartments, while another part of the building became his office.^[2]

In 1980, the Adena Court Apartments were listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of their well-preserved historic architecture.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Owen, Lorrie K., ed. Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 1080.
3. Adena Court Apartments, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2010-05-31.