{"nrhp_refnum":"74001408","name":"Monitor House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"375 W. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Saint Paris","county":"Champaign County","state":"OH","lat":40.12935846100004,"lon":-83.96717204099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-05-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story brick house at 375 West Main Street in Saint Paris, Champaign County, Ohio, built circa 1860 on a stone foundation, with a large square clerestory rising from a hipped roof.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is architecturally significant as one of only two or three known monitor-style houses in Ohio. Its design is rare in the state, and it is considered important in its own right. Little is known of its history, including its architect, original owner and exact construction date.","narrative":"Built around 1860, this brick house at 375 West Main Street in Saint Paris, Ohio, follows the monitor style, an unusual design in which a raised square clerestory sits atop the main roof. The house is one and one-half stories on a stone foundation, measures roughly thirty feet square, and has a five-bay front. Its entrance is deeply recessed about five feet behind twin doors, which emphasizes its cubical form. Paired windows, stone sills and lintels, and a bracketed cornice mark the lower level, while the hipped-roof clerestory, about eighteen feet square, has two small six-light windows on each side. Inside, a center hall plan places living and dining rooms on either side of the stair. The house was listed because monitor-style houses are very rare in Ohio, with only two or three known. The architect, original owner and exact date of construction remain unknown, but the design alone was judged important at the local level.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (built circa 1860)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Monitor style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and structurally sound, with a good restoration considered possible; used as a private residence and occupied.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.351013-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001408.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001408/df7e304ba6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001408/df7e304ba6-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monitor_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monitor_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987024","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monitor_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6900482"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/champaign-county/monitor-house-74001408/"}