{"nrhp_refnum":"71000645","name":"Succesful Sales","other_names":["Oliver House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"27 Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Toledo","county":"Lucas County","state":"OH","lat":41.64360159000006,"lon":-83.53776492099996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-05-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Engineering","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Oliver House is a four-story brick hotel building with sandstone trim at 27 Broadway at Ottawa Street in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. It opened in June 1859 and later housed the Successful Sales Company.","why_significant":"It was designed by Isaiah Rogers, described as America's foremost hotel architect before the Civil War and designer of the Tremont House in Boston and the Astor House in New York. The nomination argues that rediscovering Rogers as its architect gives the building national importance, and that it is probably his only surviving hotel. Its use of cast-iron columns in a bearing-wall structure in 1859 was also early for the region.","narrative":"Opened as a hotel in June 1859 at the angled corner of Broadway and Ottawa Streets in Toledo, the Oliver House is a four-story brick building trimmed in sandstone, with a wooden cornice showing Greek detail and a cylindrical corner bay with round-arched openings. It was designed by Isaiah Rogers, described as the foremost American hotel architect before the Civil War and the designer of the Tremont House in Boston and the Astor House in New York. Research cited in the nomination suggests it is one of his few surviving buildings and probably his only remaining hotel. Inside, original cast-iron columns flank the lobby, an early use of such supports in a bearing-wall building in this region. Later changes include a large factory addition, steel replacements for some wooden beams, and the removal of many partitions. The building was recognized for its architecture and its connection to Rogers.","period_of_significance":"1859","architect_builder":"Isaiah Rogers","architectural_style":"Greek detail (wooden cornice with Greek detail); Greek Revival associations noted","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in good condition and altered; a cover letter describes it as slated for private demolition, and a later grant record funds roof replacement and cornice repair.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.95757-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/71000645.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000645/c4b602fbc9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000645/c4b602fbc9-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Successful_Sales,_Oliver_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Successful_Sales,_Oliver_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989973","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_House,_Toledo,_Ohio","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7087607"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lucas-county/succesful-sales-71000645/"}