{"nrhp_refnum":"02000672","name":"Becker, Francis, House","other_names":["Ohio Historic Inventory No. 3100-19"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3010 Hickory St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clinton","county":"Summit County","state":"OH","lat":40.92579899500004,"lon":-81.64095232899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-06-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, hipped-roof, wood-frame Greek Revival house at 3010 Hickory Street in Clinton (formerly Warwick), Summit County, Ohio, built in 1854 for coal businessman Francis Becker.","why_significant":"The house is significant under Criterion C for embodying Greek Revival design, a style tied to the canal-era development of Clinton. It retains wide frieze boards, dentils, trabeated entryways and original interior woodwork. It also reflects the economic success Francis Becker gained from the Ohio & Erie Canal and coal trade.","narrative":"Built in 1854 on Hickory Street in Clinton, Ohio, this two-story Greek Revival house has a hipped roof, wood clapboard siding and a five-bay front with a central entry. Details include dentils beneath the cornice, a wide frieze board and a trabeated doorway with pilasters and a full transom. Inside, shallow pediment door surrounds, wide molded baseboards, original fireplace mantels and a staircase with a heavy newel post and narrow balusters survive. Francis Becker, a coal mine owner and merchant with railroad interests, bought the land in 1854 and built the house. His partner David Tod, later Ohio governor, bought it in 1864, and John G. Warwick acquired it in 1872. The house is valued as an example of the Greek Revival style associated with Clinton's canal era, when the village served as a point where goods were transferred for Ohio & Erie Canal shipment. It is described as retaining a high degree of integrity.","period_of_significance":"1854","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Privately owned single dwelling still in domestic use; the owner was rehabilitating it and had temporarily removed the frieze board and front porch for restoration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.672891-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/02000672.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000672/f46c37dff4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000672/f46c37dff4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FRANCIS_BECKER_HOUSE,_CLINTON,_SUMMIT_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FRANCIS_BECKER_HOUSE,_CLINTON,_SUMMIT_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986270","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138697925"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/summit-county/becker-francis-house-02000672/"}