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[[File:Upham-Wright House-Newark.jpg|thumb|Upham-Wright House-Newark]]The Upham-Wright House is one of the best examples of mid-nineteenth century Gothic Revival architecture in Ohio.<ref>“Selected as Historic Homes,” The Licking Countian, August 9, 1979, 7.</ref>  The house is located at 342 Granville Street in Newark, Ohio, and was built between 1849-1850<ref>Chalmers Pancoast, Our Home Town Memories, Volume 1 (Newark, OH: Chalmers Pancoast, 1958), 6.</ref> by George Upham. The home was purchased by Virgil Wright in 1868 and remained in the Wright family throughout much of the twentieth century.<ref>“Selected as Historic Homes,” The Licking Countian, August 9, 1979, 7.</ref>  One of the home’s most famous residents was [[Mary Sherwood Wright Jones | Mary Sherwood Wright Jones]], a nationally renowned artist.<ref>“Selected as Historic Homes,” The Licking Countian, August 9, 1979, 7.</ref> The home is styled after the “Downing Cottage” aesthetic and features ornate roof decorations, clustered chimneys, a wide veranda, and an upper balcony.<ref>Pancoast, Our Home Town Memories </ref> 

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