{{short description|Historic house in Ohio, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Seip House | nrhp_type = | image = Seip House in Chillicothe.jpg | caption = Front of the house | location = 345 Allen Ave., Chillicothe, Ohio | coordinates = {{coord|39|20|30|N|82|59|37|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Ohio#USA | built = 1895 | architect = John Cook | architecture = Queen Anne | added = May 12, 1981 | area = less than one acre | refnum = 81000450<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref> }}
The '''Seip House''' is a historic building on the west side of Chillicothe, Ohio, United States. Built in 1895, it is among the city's grandest houses.
Born in Germany in the late 1810s, Charles Seip was a butcher who settled in the United States in 1845. Soon after crossing the Atlantic, Seip took up residence in Chillicothe; he soon began operating a butcher shop on Allen Avenue, married, and became prosperous. As his business grew, Seip expanded into downtown premises and began to purchase farms in the Chillicothe vicinity in order to supply more animals for his business.<ref name=dohp>Owen, Lorrie K., ed. ''Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places''. Vol. 2. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 1223.</ref>
By the 1890s, Seip's son John had persuaded his father to erect a large house on the site of his original butcher shop. The resulting building took four years to complete, being started in 1895 and completed in 1898. A two-and-a-half story building,<ref name=dohp /> designed by John Cook,<ref name=nris /> it is a brick building that sits on a sandstone foundation; its roof, covered with slates,<ref>{{OHC NRHP|81000450|Seip House}}, Ohio Historical Society, 2007. Accessed 2010-09-02.</ref> is a hip roof that rises to the center of the house.<ref name=dohp />
At his death in 1902, Seip owned some of the leading properties in Ross County. His house was one of the most prominent Queen Anne homes in Chillicothe, and he owned seven different farms in the region.<ref name=dohp /> Since that time, the house has changed hands; in 1955, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources purchased the house and converted it into offices for its regional forestry headquarters.<ref>[http://www.ohiodnr.com/portals/0/publications/stewardship/chapt_7_forestry.pdf A Legacy of Stewardship], Ohio Department of Natural Resources, 1989, 9. Accessed 2010-09-06. {{dead link|date=August 2015}}</ref> In recognition of its historic architecture, the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.<ref name=nris />
==References== {{reflist}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in Ohio}} {{NRHP in Ross County, Ohio}}
Category:Houses completed in 1895 Category:Buildings and structures in Chillicothe, Ohio Category:Former houses in Ohio Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Category:Queen Anne architecture in Ohio Category:Houses in Ross County, Ohio Category:National Register of Historic Places in Ross County, Ohio Category:Government buildings in Ohio