{"nrhp_refnum":"73001503","name":"Old West End District","other_names":["See Also:Old West End Historic District (Boundary Increase/D"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Delaware, Collingwood, and Glenwood Aves. and Grove Pl.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Toledo","county":"Lucas County","state":"OH","lat":41.66247047850004,"lon":-83.61140841783669,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-03-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Art","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 210 acres in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, developed after 1870 with large houses on park-like lots, mostly designed by architects.","why_significant":"The district is described as one of the most important remaining examples of late Victorian and Edwardian American residential architecture. Toledo's most prominent businessmen built large homes here, in varied European-derived styles. The landscaping and well-planned urban design are also cited as reasons to preserve it.","narrative":"Toledo's Old West End grew after 1870, when prosperous merchants and later industrialists moved away from the commercial riverfront. They built large houses on oversized lots with park-like landscaping, and most were designed by architects. The district covers about 210 acres and includes Chateauesque, Romanesque, Queen Anne, Eastlake, Shingle, French Second Empire and Colonial Revival buildings. Residents included glass manufacturer Edward D. Libbey, who helped found the Toledo Museum of Art, along with produce exchange officers, bankers, and oil and iron company executives. The Dunn-Blair House copies a 1909 English manor addition, with landscaping by the Olmsted Brothers. The Mansionette Apartments are described as the best example of the Shingle style in Toledo. Today the area remains mainly residential, though many houses serve as apartments, businesses and charities. It was listed as one of the most important surviving examples of late Victorian and Edwardian residential architecture in the country.","period_of_significance":"1872-1916","architect_builder":"Edward O. Fallis (Mansionette Apartments); Rogers & McFarland (Tyler House); Mills, Rhines, Bellman, and Nordhoff (Dunn-Blair House); Olmsted Brothers (landscape); Green and Wicks with Harry W. Wachter (Toledo Museum of Art)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian and Edwardian styles, including Chateauesque, Romanesque, Queen Anne, Eastlake, Shingle, French Second Empire, Colonial Revival and neo-classic revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and altered; still mainly residential, with many houses now used as apartments, businesses and charities.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.094191-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/73001503.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001503/779ddf188d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001503/779ddf188d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Abgwin","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Judge_Julian_and_Lily_Heller_Tyler_house,_Old_West_End,_Toledo,_Ohio.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Abgwin</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Judge_Julian_and_Lily_Heller_Tyler_house,_Old_West_End,_Toledo,_Ohio.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989955","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_West_End_District_(Toledo,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7085407"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lucas-county/old-west-end-district-73001503/"}