{"nrhp_refnum":"07000582","name":"Norwalk Memorial Hospital","other_names":["Maple City Professional Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"269 W. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Norwalk","county":"Huron County","state":"OH","lat":41.23361235400006,"lon":-82.63781630199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-06-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Health/Medicine","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A hospital building at 269 W. Main Street in Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio, begun in 1916 to designs by Schriber & Beelman Architects of Toledo. It is now used as the Maple City Professional Building.","why_significant":"It was the first municipal hospital in Norwalk and Huron County, replacing small clinic-type facilities run by local physicians. It is also a local example of Neo-Classical and Colonial Revival institutional architecture. Its walls and floors were built with the Kahn System of reinforced concrete and steel, an early experimental building technique.","narrative":"Begun in 1916 on the western edge of Norwalk, Ohio, this building was the first municipal hospital in both the city and Huron County. Land donated by a local widow and $27,000 in public subscriptions made it possible. Before it opened, serious surgery usually meant a long rail trip to Toledo or Cleveland. Schriber & Beelman of Toledo designed it with a two-story central block, a columned portico, single-story wings and red clay-tile roofing. Its classical details blend with the neighboring residential street. Construction used the Kahn System, which combined steel and poured concrete, reflecting early experiments with reinforced concrete. Additions followed in 1926 for maternity care and in 1953-54. The 38-bed hospital closed in 1957 when Fisher Titus Hospital opened. The building later served as a nursing home and now houses offices, a health club and an apartment, with much original fabric, including closets, cabinetry and the basement kitchen, still in place.","period_of_significance":"1916-1956","architect_builder":"Schriber & Beelman Architects, Toledo, Ohio (design architect Granville E. Scott of the firm); 1953-54 addition drawn by Thurman J. Peabody of Norwalk","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival (Neo-Classical/Colonial Revival)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Now a multi-use building with offices, a health club, storage and an apartment; interiors are largely original and the building later served as a nursing home after the hospital closed in 1957.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:06.87654-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/07000582.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000582/561836400f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000582/561836400f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norwalk_Memorial_Hospital.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Norwalk_Memorial_Hospital.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989435","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138375695"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/huron-county/norwalk-memorial-hospital-07000582/"}