{"nrhp_refnum":"02000084","name":"Schmitt, Louis, House and Store","other_names":["Sum-3099-19"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2967 Hickory St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clinton","county":"Summit County","state":"OH","lat":40.92562940100004,"lon":-81.63905032499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-02-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, front-gabled, balloon-frame house and store built in 1901 on Hickory Street in Clinton (the Warwick area), Summit County, Ohio, by Louis Schmitt, with a contributing privy on the lot.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant under Criterion A for Commerce, as one of the first retail businesses in Warwick during the Railroad and Mining and Industrial eras. It served as a beer garden and grocery for miners and other working-class and immigrant residents, and became a community meeting place.","narrative":"Built in 1901 on Hickory Street in the Clinton area of Summit County, Ohio, this two-story wood-frame building served as both the home and the business of Louis Schmitt, a German immigrant who also worked as a coal miner. Its front-gabled form, drop siding, second-story porch with turned spindle posts and sawtooth trim reflect a folk version of the Queen Anne style. The basement-level space held a barroom serving Burkhardt's beer and a grocery selling staples, meats, coal and feed, and tabs could be run until payday. Nearby mining brought many laborers to the store, which became a gathering spot for working-class residents and immigrants. Catholic Sunday Mass was held upstairs until St. George's Church opened in 1908-1909. Schmitt moved his business to downtown Warwick in 1905, and the store lost its commercial importance, though the family kept the building. It is now vacant but retains much original interior fabric and a contributing privy.","period_of_significance":"1901-1908","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gable-fronted Vernacular (described in the text as Folk Queen Anne)","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Listed as vacant; the first-floor display windows are covered with plywood and a rear door is boarded up. The form says the building was occupied by various tenants during the twentieth century.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.078012-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/02000084.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991609","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/summit-county/schmitt-louis-house-and-store-02000084/"}