{"nrhp_refnum":"01000197","name":"Tosheff's Restaurant and Hotel","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1943-1953 Parsons Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":39.92318549000004,"lon":-82.98444395499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-03-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","European"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick commercial and hotel building at 1943-1953 Parsons Avenue in the Steelton industrial district of Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, completed in 1920.","why_significant":"It is presented as a well-preserved reminder of the commercial life of the Steelton industrial district in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is also tied to Columbus's Hungarian and eastern European immigrant neighborhood, for which it served as a commercial and social focal point. It keeps a level of integrity unusual for this heavily remodeled commercial street.","narrative":"Tosheff's Restaurant and Hotel is a two-story brick building on the west side of Parsons Avenue in the Steelton area of Columbus, Ohio. Completed in 1920, it has an eight-bay facade that looks like two buildings side by side, with ornamental brickwork, corbel-table effects and patterned parapets. Storefronts occupy the first floor, while the second floor holds hotel rooms whose original corridor and room layout remains largely intact. A one-story rear addition contains more hotel rooms. The building served the working population of Steelton, home to employees of Buckeye Steel Castings, nearby railroads and a glass plant. It also stood at the center of a Hungarian and eastern European immigrant neighborhood, becoming a commercial and social gathering place. Although surrounding commercial buildings were extensively remodeled over the decades, this one kept an unusual degree of integrity. It was recognized for its role in the commercial life of the district and in the area's ethnic heritage. A certified rehabilitation recently renewed its storefronts and windows.","period_of_significance":"1920-1950","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early 20th Century/commercial","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Current function listed as vacant; the building recently underwent a certified historic rehabilitation that included new wood storefronts and replacement second-floor windows.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.247289-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/01000197.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000197/593c812074-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000197/593c812074-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tim Erskine","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tosheffs_Restaurant_and_Hotel_%E2%80%93_1943-1953_Parsons_Avenue.tif\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Erskine</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tosheffs_Restaurant_and_Hotel_%E2%80%93_1943-1953_Parsons_Avenue.tif"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988597","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tosheff%27s_Restaurant_and_Hotel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105063638"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/tosheffs-restaurant-and-hotel-01000197/"}