{"nrhp_refnum":"03000555","name":"Toledo Traction Company Power Station","other_names":["Toledo Poer House","Toledo Edison Company WAter Stret Station, et al"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"300 Water St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Toledo","county":"Lucas County","state":"OH","lat":41.65057001900004,"lon":-83.53215484999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-06-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Engineering"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A massive brick industrial power station at 300 Water Street on the Maumee River in Toledo, Ohio. It was built in 1895-97 and designed by D.H. Burnham and Company in the Romanesque Revival style.","why_significant":"The nomination argues significance under Criterion C for architecture. The building was the first designed by the new firm of D.H. Burnham and Company after the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, and the first of two Burnham buildings in Toledo. Engineers Sargent and Lundy equipped it with Edison's three-wire system, and it housed one of the earliest turbine generators in the United States.","narrative":"Standing at 300 Water Street beside the Maumee River in Toledo, this brick power station was built in 1895-97 to supply electricity for the trolleys of the Toledo Traction Company and, soon after, for city residents. Daniel Burnham's Chicago firm designed it in the Romanesque Revival style, and it was among the first buildings the firm produced after the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. The Water Street front has a long arcade of arched windows with Roman brick details and corbeled stringcourses. Chicago engineers Sargent and Lundy fitted it with large boilers and Edison's three-wire system, and it later housed one of the earliest turbine generators in the country. The plant grew through several expansions before 1916, became a steam plant after 1930, and stopped operating in 1985. In 2000 the later additions were removed, leaving the 1895 and 1899 sections and two smokestacks. The building has been vacant since that time.","period_of_significance":"1895-1899","architect_builder":"D.H. Burnham and Company, Chicago (1895-1899); Sargent and Lundy Engineers, Chicago (1895-1916)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revival/Neo-Classical (described in the text as Romanesque Revival)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Vacant since 2000, after later additions and the 1897 boiler room were removed. Only the 1895 and 1899 portions of the building remain, along with two smokestacks.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:06.890599-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/03000555.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000555/a773c06944-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000555/a773c06944-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Toledo_Traction_Company_Power_Station.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Toledo_Traction_Company_Power_Station.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100007510","name":"Toledo Central Business Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/toledo-central-business-historic-district-100007510/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989995","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125320666"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lucas-county/toledo-traction-company-power-station-03000555/"}