{"nrhp_refnum":"73001499","name":"House Of Four Pillars","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"322 E. Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Maumee","county":"Lucas County","state":"OH","lat":41.561853374000066,"lon":-83.65998955699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-07-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Literature","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A frame Greek Revival temple-style house at 322 East Broadway in Maumee, Lucas County, Ohio, constructed in 1835. It was built for a family named Steele, reportedly by one of the Sargeant brothers.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an outstanding example of monumental Greek Revival temple style, with no comparable specimen thought to exist in Northwest Ohio. It is also linked to novelist Theodore Dreiser, who began writing \"Sister Carrie\" there while a guest of Arthur Henry. It is said to have been an Underground Railroad station.","narrative":"Built in 1835, this frame house at 322 East Broadway in Maumee is a monumental Greek Revival home in the temple style. Its two-story pedimented portico rests on four fluted Doric columns with a gentle entasis, and Doric pilasters mark the front corners. The facade has flush siding, while the side walls use lap siding. The nomination describes it as the only example of its kind in Maumee and nearby areas and doubts that a comparable house exists in Northwest Ohio. It also notes a literary link: while the house was the residence of Toledo newspaperman Arthur Henry, his guest Theodore Dreiser began writing the novel \"Sister Carrie\" there. Tradition holds that the house served as an Underground Railroad station. The form records that the house stood empty for nine years before being purchased in 1941, and that later changes included a rear porch converted to a glassed-in family room in the 1960s.","period_of_significance":"1835","architect_builder":"Built for the Steele family by one of the Sargeant brothers, according to a Toledo Blade article cited in the form","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, monumental temple style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, in excellent condition, and used as a private residence; the form marks it as altered but on its original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.055828-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/73001499.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001499/c8930ba387-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001499/c8930ba387-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_of_the_Four_Pillars_from_the_northeast.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_of_the_Four_Pillars_from_the_northeast.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"09000099","name":"Maumee Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/maumee-historic-district-09000099/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990009","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138534363"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lucas-county/house-of-four-pillars-73001499/"}