{"nrhp_refnum":"15000185","name":"Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation)","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"93 Delaware Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Put-in-Bay","county":"Ottawa County","state":"OH","lat":41.65439250000003,"lon":-82.81147236671953,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2015-04-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Landscape Architecture","Engineering","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["national","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A memorial site on South Bass Island at Put-in-Bay, Ottawa County, Ohio, centered on a 352-foot granite Doric column opened in 1915 and designed by Joseph H. Freedlander and A. D. Seymour of New York.","why_significant":"It commemorates the Battle of Lake Erie (September 10, 1813) and the Rush-Bagot Agreement of 1817, which began disarmament of the U.S.-Canada border. It is also notable for its scale as the most massive Doric column ever built and for the engineering achievement of its construction in 1913-1915.","narrative":"Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial occupies a narrow isthmus at Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island in western Lake Erie. Its centerpiece is a fluted Greek Doric column of pink Milford, Massachusetts, granite, rising 352 feet and topped by a bronze urn and an observation platform reached by elevator. Construction began in December 1912, the column was finished in 1915, the terraces were paved by 1926, and the memorial was dedicated in 1931. Designed by Joseph H. Freedlander and A. D. Seymour after a large architectural competition, it was built without the planned museum, colonnade and canal. It commemorates Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's 1813 victory over a British squadron, which gave the Americans control of Lake Erie. A crypt holds the remains of three American and three British officers killed in the battle, and a bronze tablet records the 1817 Rush-Bagot Agreement. The site is valued for its scale, its engineering and the history it honors.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 and 1900- (specific dates 1913, 1915, 1926, 1931)","architect_builder":"Freedlander and Seymour (Joseph H. Freedlander and A. D. Seymour of New York); landscaping by Wadley and Smythe of New York","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Marked occupied and public in the form. The column has had no major rehabilitation since construction, and the terraces and seawalls are deteriorated, with rehabilitation investigations underway.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.817119-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/66000118.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/15000185/c092217b80-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/15000185/c092217b80-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"NPS Photo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Memorial_and_Park_Grounds_(64dd534f-155d-4519-3eb9-a9e422020e08).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">NPS Photo</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Memorial_and_Park_Grounds_(64dd534f-155d-4519-3eb9-a9e422020e08).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":null,"wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry%27s_Victory_and_International_Peace_Memorial","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2071814"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/ottawa-county/perrys-victory-and-international-peace-memorial-boundary-increase-and-additional-15000185/"}