{"nrhp_refnum":"66000118","name":"Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"South Bass Island","address_restricted":false,"city":"Put-in-Bay","county":"Ottawa County","state":"OH","lat":41.65375033800004,"lon":-82.81153778002835,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1966-10-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Engineering"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 352-foot granite Doric column memorial on a narrow isthmus at Put-in-Bay, South Bass Island, in western Lake Erie, Ohio. Construction began in December 1912 and the column was finished in 1915; Joseph H. Freedlander and A. D. Seymour of New York designed it.","why_significant":"It commemorates the Battle of Lake Erie of September 10, 1813, in which Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry defeated a British squadron, and the Rush-Bagot Agreement of 1817, which began disarmament of the U.S.-Canada border. The nomination also values its enormous scale and the engineering achievement of its construction for 1913-1915. It holds the remains of three American and three British officers killed in the battle.","narrative":"Rising 352 feet above the shore of Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island, this Greek Doric column of pink Massachusetts granite is described as the most massive Doric column ever built. It opened to the public on June 13, 1915, and an elevator carries visitors to an observation platform beneath a bronze urn. The rotunda at its base lists American vessels and the dead and wounded of the Battle of Lake Erie, and a crypt holds six officers killed there in 1813. A bronze tablet records the Rush-Bagot Agreement of 1817. The memorial recalls Commodore Perry's victory over a British squadron, which gave the Americans control of Lake Erie and influenced the peace negotiations that ended the War of 1812. Joseph H. Freedlander and A. D. Seymour designed it after a major architectural competition, though only the column and terraces were built. The nomination stresses its scale, its engineering and its historical associations, and says the surrounding grounds should remain free of new construction.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899, 1900- (specific dates 1913, 1915, 1926, 1931)","architect_builder":"Freedlander and Seymour","architectural_style":"Greek Doric fluted column","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and publicly accessible as a park. The column has had no major rehabilitation since construction, the terraces are badly deteriorated, and storms in 1972 and 1973 destroyed most of the south seawall. Rehabilitation investigations were underway.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.376158-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/66000118.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000118/c092217b80-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000118/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":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990829","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-66000118/"}