{"nrhp_refnum":"71000636","name":"East Liverpool Pottery","other_names":["Goodwin-Baggott-Eagle-Mountford Pottery"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SE corner of 2nd and Market Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"East Liverpool","county":"Columbiana County","state":"OH","lat":40.61656915100008,"lon":-80.58082831999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-10-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A former pottery works at the southeast corner of Second and Market Streets in East Liverpool, Ohio, centered on an early bottle kiln and the front walls of a plant dating to 1844. It was known as the Goodwin-Baggott-Eagle-Mountford Pottery.","why_significant":"The upright bottle kiln is by far the oldest of the three remaining in the East Liverpool area, once a center for yellow ware and Rockingham production. It is also one of the oldest kilns of its type surviving in the United States. The site traces the early Ohio pottery industry from John Goodwin's pottery through the Baggott and Mountford operations.","narrative":"At the southeast corner of Second and Market Streets in East Liverpool, Ohio, the remains of an old pottery works preserve one of the oldest bottle kilns in the United States. The plant began in 1844 as John Goodwin's small yellow ware pottery. Samuel and William Baggott bought it in 1853 and later operated it as the Eagle Pottery, making Rockingham and yellow ware for decades. Mountford & Son used the site from 1902 for potters' supplies such as stilts and pins, and production ceased in 1939. The buildings then decayed, and the rear section was demolished in 1970. The front walls and the kiln survived. The kiln is the oldest of three remaining in the East Liverpool area. The State of Ohio acquired the pottery, and the Ohio Historical Society planned archaeological study, wall stabilization and restoration as a working museum of the early Ohio pottery industry.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1844)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Partly razed in 1969-70; front walls and the bottle kiln were saved. The form lists the property as presently vacant, in fair condition and altered, owned by the State of Ohio, with plans for stabilization and restoration as a working museum.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.373497-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/71000636.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000636/8d7d9744a6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000636/8d7d9744a6-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_Liverpool_Pottery.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_Liverpool_Pottery.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987244","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodwin_Baggott_Pottery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5328853"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/columbiana-county/east-liverpool-pottery-71000636/"}