{"nrhp_refnum":"10000872","name":"East State Street-Elmwood Place Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"East State St 138-234, 169-277l Elmwood 5-73, 6-72, 74","address_restricted":false,"city":"Athens","county":"Athens County","state":"OH","lat":39.335515451500044,"lon":-82.09383307612475,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-10-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district in the Near Eastside of Athens, Ohio, covering houses along East State Street and the first block and a half of Elmwood Place. It holds 95 contributing and 18 noncontributing buildings, built between 1835 and 1952.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be the only remaining in-town area near Ohio University where a contiguous group of historic houses keeps a high degree of architectural integrity and a wide variety of styles. The houses also reflect how Athens grew under the influence of the university, and many were homes of prominent citizens and distinguished professors.","narrative":"This residential district in Athens, Ohio, takes in houses along East State Street and the first block and a half of Elmwood Place, a short walk from uptown and Ohio University. Of its 113 buildings, 95 contribute to its character, and the houses date from 1835 to 1952. They show a wide range of styles, from a Greek Revival house said to be the town's oldest continually occupied residence to Italianate, Queen Anne, Dutch Colonial, Tudor Revival, Craftsman, Foursquare and Ranch designs. Elmwood Place keeps its brick paving and a canopy of mature trees. Most of the area was once small farms leased from the university, which owned the land, and building boomed after 1900 as the town and its professional class grew. Many residents were prominent local citizens and university professors. The district was listed because it preserves a rare, intact group of varied historic homes closely tied to the development of Athens and the university.","period_of_significance":"1835-1952","architect_builder":"Builders named include Henry Boska, Dewey Fisher and George Weaver Towsley; architect William H. Davis, Jr. remodeled one house in 1935.","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Italian Renaissance, Ranch, Cape Cod","criteria":[],"status_note":"Largely residential; most houses remain in domestic use, with one or two in the district now student rentals.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.58885-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/10000872.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986735","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/athens-county/east-state-street-elmwood-place-historic-district-10000872/"}