{"nrhp_refnum":"100009586","name":"Mantua Center District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"4103-3991 State Route 82, 11670-11755 Mantua Center Road, 11653- 11677 Diagonal Road, 11701-11715 School Lan","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mantua Center","county":"Portage County","state":"OH","lat":null,"lon":null,"geom_source":null},"listed_date":"2023-11-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Mantua Center is a rural crossroads township center in Portage County, Ohio, around State Route 82 and Mantua Center Road. It includes a public common, two churches, a town hall and two houses on about 3.6 acres, nearly all built around 1835-1840.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a remarkably intact early nineteenth century crossroads township center with community, religious and residential buildings, though its parts lack great individual distinction. The Christian Church is described as the oldest Campbellite congregation in Ohio. The town hall is notable for its octagonal Greek Revival cupola, which is rarely preserved on public buildings.","narrative":"Mantua Center is a small crossroads township center in Portage County, Ohio, grouped around a public common where State Route 82 meets Mantua Center Road. Its five buildings are two churches, a town hall and two houses, nearly all built around 1835-1840. The Christian Church, formed in 1827 after Sidney Rigdon began preaching in Mantua, is described as the oldest Campbellite congregation in Ohio. James A. Garfield was among the visiting pastors from Hiram. The former Methodist church, whose congregation moved to Mantua Village in 1895, later served as a township school annex and since 1968 as a civic center. The town hall is notable for its octagonal cupola with a hemispherical dome, a Greek Revival feature rarely preserved on public buildings. One house began as a store built in 1835 and was later converted to a residence. The district was listed as an intact early nineteenth century township center, valued as a whole more than for any single building.","period_of_significance":"1835-1895","architect_builder":"Amos Morris and Lewis Reed (builders of the Methodist church buildings); Calvin White (built the store, later a house, in 1835)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, with Gothic revival features on one church","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is listed as good and altered. The former Methodist church serves as a civic center and is in the poorest condition of the five main buildings. The Christian Church steeple was restored in 1973.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.66731-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001607.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991019","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/portage-county/mantua-center-district-boundary-increase-100009586/"}