{"nrhp_refnum":"14000546","name":"St. Clair Street Historic District (Boundary Increase-Decrease)","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"28 N. St Clair, 23-29 & 31 Summit","address_restricted":false,"city":"Toledo","county":"Lucas County","state":"OH","lat":41.645957218000035,"lon":-83.53699074399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2014-09-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A commercial historic district along St. Clair Street in downtown Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, made up of mid- and late-nineteenth-century brick commercial buildings, about two blocks from the Maumee River.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is the only group of commercial buildings left near Toledo's once busy dock area, where most comparable buildings have been torn down. The Victorian buildings represent Toledo's early commercial history and the city's prosperity in the 1870s and 1880s, a period of canal, railroad and industrial growth.","narrative":"St. Clair Street in downtown Toledo preserves a row of brick commercial buildings from the mid and late nineteenth century, standing two blocks from the Maumee River. Most have altered ground-floor facades, but upper stories keep Italianate bracketed cornices, arched windows with brick hoodmolds, corbelled brickwork and cast iron columns. The west side of the street is nearly complete, while the east side has largely been demolished and turned into parking. Notable buildings include Martin Evoy's Saloon, opened around 1866, the Dixon Building, a saloon and hotel from 1885, and the Grand Hotel block, dating from 1872 and later used as a mission and a charitable headquarters. The district was listed because it is the only group of commercial buildings remaining near the old dock area, where canal trade, railroads, gas and oil refining made Toledo prosperous. The buildings reflect the city's commercial vigor in the 1870s and 1880s.","period_of_significance":"1855-1880's","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian commercial, including Italianate and Eastlake detailing","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is listed as good but altered; nearly all buildings have altered ground-level facades, and the east side of the street has been nearly demolished and is mostly parking lots.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.652104-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/75001471.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":null,"wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lucas-county/st-clair-street-historic-district-boundary-increase-decrease-14000546/"}