The Philip Moore Jr. Stone House was placed on the National Register of Historic
Places in 1975, and is one of the few primitive homes remaining intact in Southern
Ohio. The original deed describes the property where the house stands as being an
outlot of Alexandria. Due to frequent and destructive floods, inhabitants were forced to
move to higher group and established the city of Portsmouth in 1803.
Philip Moore Jr. was a Revolutionary War veteran born in Allentown PA in 1761. He
started building the stone house in 1797 and lived there with his wife, Jemima and their
four children: Levi, Philip, John and Elinor.
The house is also known as the "Cradle of Methodism." It was in this house that many
frontier "circuit riders" or itinerant Methodist ministers would meet and formulate plans
for the future.
This primitive house has been completely restored and preserved in a manner that
demonstrates the original architecture and is furnished. For tour information, call Dr.
Louis or Ava Chaboudy at (740) 353-5605.
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