{"nrhp_refnum":"73001501","name":"Fort Industry Square","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by Summit, Monroe, and Water Sts. and Jefferson Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Toledo","county":"Lucas County","state":"OH","lat":41.648619462000056,"lon":-83.53892261999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-07-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A wedge-shaped downtown block of eleven four-story Victorian commercial brick buildings in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, bounded by Jefferson, Summit, Monroe and Water Streets and built between 1862 and 1897.","why_significant":"The block sits on the site of the stockade and blockhouse of Fort Industry, built to enforce the Treaty of Greenville (1795), near where Toledo's first harbor and shipbuilding began in 1820. Its buildings are examples of Victorian business architecture and are significant in Toledo's early commercial history.","narrative":"Eleven four-story commercial buildings fill a wedge-shaped block in downtown Toledo, bounded by Jefferson, Summit, Monroe and Water Streets. Built between 1862 and 1897, they present a range of Victorian facades, from a large corner building with ocular fourth-story windows and heavy curved cornice brackets to a Renaissance-style design with stone hoodmolds and a narrow building with a pedimented roofline. Many ground-level storefronts have been modernized, though one retains original cast iron columns. The block occupies the exact location of the stockade and blockhouse of Fort Industry, built to enforce the Treaty of Greenville in 1795. Toledo's first harbor and shipbuilding began nearby in 1820, and the waterfront later became a focus of shipping and commerce. Businesses here in 1888 included hardware dealers, liquor importers, hide and leather dealers and a millinery. When nominated, the block faced clearance for a parking lot, while developers proposed restoring it for shops, restaurants and offices.","period_of_significance":"1862-1897","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian commercial architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition but altered, with the form noting occupied commercial use and a planned restoration; the block had been designated for clearance as a parking lot.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.044061-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/73001501.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":null,"wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lucas-county/fort-industry-square-73001501/"}