{"nrhp_refnum":"73001403","name":"Roscoe Village","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Whitewoman and High Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Coshocton","county":"Coshocton County","state":"OH","lat":40.278384357500045,"lon":-81.87593263983894,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-04-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Roscoe Village is a restored 19th-century canal town district of about 24 acres in Coshocton, Ohio, on the Ohio-Erie Canal. It was settled in 1816 and its surviving buildings date mainly from 1830 to 1900.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the village recalls the canal era in Ohio, when the canal system stimulated population growth and trade in towns along its route. Roscoe became a leading shipping center for farmers and craftsmen after the first canal boat arrived in 1830. Its Greek Revival brick buildings and Victorian frame houses survive and have been restored. The form notes that growth ended abruptly when the railroad bypassed the village.","narrative":"Roscoe Village is a restored canal town in Coshocton, Ohio, covering about 24 acres along the Ohio-Erie Canal. Founded in 1816 as Caldersburg, it was renamed in 1830 for the English poet William Roscoe. When the first canal boat arrived that year, the village became a leading shipping center, with warehouses, mills, taverns, a pottery and a hotel, and its population nearly doubled in a decade. The railroad later bypassed the town, and it declined, while the 1913 flood wrecked much of the canal. The surviving buildings fall into two groups: red brick Greek Revival structures from 1830 to 1860 with gabled or stepped-gable roofs, and small Victorian frame houses from 1850 to 1900. Restoration, led by the Montgomery Foundation after 1960, has turned many into shops, a restaurant, museums and offices. A mile of canal and a replica boat, the Monticello II, were also restored.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival (classic revival) brick buildings, 1830-1860, and village Victorian frame houses, 1850-1900","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent to good condition, altered, with preservation work in progress. Buildings are in commercial, museum and residential use, and the Montgomery Foundation leads the restoration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.903177-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/73001403.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001403/d248a87361-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001403/d248a87361-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roscoe_Village_from_the_south.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roscoe_Village_from_the_south.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987269","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscoe_Village_(Coshocton,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7367538"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/coshocton-county/roscoe-village-73001403/"}