{"nrhp_refnum":"01000591","name":"East Liverpool Downtown Historic District","other_names":["Diamond Historic District","East Fifth Street Historic District"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by W. Sixth St., Dresden Ave., Welch Ave., Broadway, Walnut St., E. Fourth St., and East Alley","address_restricted":false,"city":"East Liverpool","county":"Columbiana County","state":"OH","lat":40.61800575250004,"lon":-80.57859499485414,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-05-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 22-acre mixed-use commercial and institutional historic district covering the traditional downtown core of East Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio, on the north shore of the Ohio River. It combines and expands two earlier districts, the Diamond and East Fifth Street districts.","why_significant":"The district is significant for its architecture and its role as the commercial center of East Liverpool between about 1850 and 1949. It holds a concentrated set of late nineteenth and early twentieth century buildings in styles from Italianate to Art Deco, designed by several named architects. Most of its resources date from 1890 to 1930.","narrative":"East Liverpool's downtown historic district covers 22 acres of the city's traditional commercial core on the Ohio River. It joins two earlier districts, the Diamond and East Fifth Street, into one larger district after demolitions and a re-evaluation of buildings that had reached fifty years of age. Of 100 resources counted, 86 contribute to its character and 14 do not; another 14 buildings were already individually listed. Market Street, the main commercial thoroughfare, runs through a street grid, and the triangular Diamond marks the point where it splits into St. Clair and Dresden Avenues. Buildings range from modest two-story commercial blocks to the six-story Crook Building, mostly of brick, with some terra cotta and cast iron storefronts. Styles run from Italianate and Queen Anne to Neo-Classical, Colonial Revival, Art Deco and Art Moderne. Most buildings date from 1890 to 1930. The district was recognized for its architecture and its commercial importance from about 1850 to 1949.","period_of_significance":"c. 1850-1949","architect_builder":"C. C. Kimble, Cassius Metsch, Owsley & Boucherle, Charles Frederick Owsley, James Knox Taylor, Weary & Alfred (architects); John K. Unkefer (builder)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian (Italianate, Second Empire); Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals (Colonial Revival, Neo-Classical Revival, Late Gothic Revival); Modern Movement (Art Deco, Art Moderne); no style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Retains integrity; some rehabilitation has occurred, including conversion of the post office to a ceramics museum and a certified rehabilitation of the I.O.O.F. Lodge Hall for housing at the time of the nomination.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.194789-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/01000591.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000591/a7558eb900-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000591/a7558eb900-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sturgis_House_in_the_East_Liverpool_Downtown_Historic_District.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sturgis_House_in_the_East_Liverpool_Downtown_Historic_District.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984550","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Liverpool_Downtown_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5328850"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/columbiana-county/east-liverpool-downtown-historic-district-01000591/"}