{"nrhp_refnum":"01000198","name":"Gelpi, Eleanor A., House","other_names":["Gelpi Mansion"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7125 Riverside Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dublin","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":40.11269789700003,"lon":-83.09882924699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-03-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large two-story French Eclectic residence, known as the Gelpi Mansion, at 7125 Riverside Drive in Dublin, Franklin County, Ohio, on a site of about 6 acres along the Scioto River. Construction began in 1941 and was completed in 1946.","why_significant":"The house is significant under Criterion B as the longtime home of Columbus businesswoman, philanthropist and arts advocate Eleanor Gelpi, founder of Swan Cleaners and a leader of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and other arts groups. It is also significant under Criterion C as a good example of French Eclectic style, with fieldstone walls, a circular stair tower, slate roof and wrought iron detailing.","narrative":"Overlooking the Scioto River in Dublin, Ohio, this large French Eclectic house was begun in 1941 by Albert Krumm and finished in 1946, after his death in a plane crash. Fieldstone walls with limestone trim, a circular stair tower, steel casement windows, a slate roof and wrought iron railings define its character. Eleanor Gelpi bought the home with her husband Andre in 1946 and lived there until her death in 1985. She co-founded Swan Cleaners and became a leading arts patron in Columbus, serving on the governing board of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra from its founding in 1951 and supporting opera, ballet, the Ohio Theater and many other causes. The house hosted fund-raisers and social gatherings for these efforts during the 1940s through the 1960s. Kitchen changes and garden additions in the early 1990s left the exterior largely untouched. The City of Dublin acquired the property in 1999.","period_of_significance":"1941-1950","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: French Eclectic (1915-1945)","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant/not in use; the City of Dublin purchased the property in 1999. Only minor alterations were made in the early 1990s, and the form says the house retains its historic integrity.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.616562-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/01000198.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000198/3879d082a1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000198/3879d082a1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wdzinc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eleanor_A._Gelpi_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Wdzinc</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:Eleanor_A._Gelpi_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988438","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138317237"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/gelpi-eleanor-a-house-01000198/"}