as the Riddle–Friend House survived the influx of industrialists; George Friend's action of retaining and modifying an older house was unusual. Historic site In 1979, a local historic preservation group began a citywide survey to identify Wyoming's historic buildings, and this effort culminated with a multiple property submission of eighteen houses, the Wyoming Presbyterian Church, and one historic district to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Along with all but one of the other properties, the Riddle–Friend House was listed on the Register in the following year; deemed Wyoming's most important historic property, it qualified both because of its historically significant architecture and because of its connection to George Friend, Sr. References Houses completed in 1832 Federal architecture in Ohio Houses in Wyoming, Ohio National Register of Historic Places in Hamilton County, Ohio Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Italianate architecture in Ohio Neoclassical architecture in Ohio