{"nrhp_refnum":"05000027","name":"Franklinton Apartments at State and May","other_names":["The Castle"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"494-504 State St., 74-82 S. May Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":39.95882396400003,"lon":-83.01378175199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-04-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story, L-shaped brick rowhouse-type apartment building at 494-504 W. State Street and 74-82 S. May Avenue in the Franklinton area of Columbus, Ohio, built around 1900 and known as \"The Castle.\"","why_significant":"The nomination argues it reflects the residential boom in Franklinton around 1900, driven by industrial growth, streetcar service and civic improvements on Columbus's west side. It is also a good example of a local building type, the large L-shaped corner rowhouse apartment building. It is one of four remaining examples in the neighborhood, and one of two judged to retain enough integrity.","narrative":"Known locally as \"The Castle,\" this three-story brick apartment building occupies the northeast corner of West State Street and South May Avenue in Franklinton, on Columbus's near west side. Built around 1900, it has an L-shaped plan and two decorative facades in the Queen Anne style. Semi-octagonal corner towers with pyramidal roofs and finials, mansard roofs, gambrel and flat-roofed projections, and multicolored Roman brick with sandstone trim give it a commanding presence. Each apartment has its own street entrance. A remodeling in the late 1970s and early 1980s replaced the windows and rebuilt the porches, yet the main architectural features survive. The building represents the residential boom that followed industrial growth, electric streetcar lines and civic improvements in west Columbus around the turn of the 20th century. It is one of four surviving corner rowhouse apartment buildings of its type in Franklinton, and one of two considered to retain enough integrity to be listed.","period_of_significance":"1900-1913","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as multiple-unit apartments. Remodeled in the late 1970s/early 1980s with replaced windows and rebuilt porches; the third floor is no longer occupied.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:06.97597-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/05000027.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000027/e41a4ecf82-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000027/e41a4ecf82-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wdzinc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Franklinton_Apartments_at_State_and_May.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:Franklinton_Apartments_at_State_and_May.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988449","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklinton_Apartments_at_State_and_May","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104830559"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/franklinton-apartments-at-state-and-may-05000027/"}