{"nrhp_refnum":"74001468","name":"Jenkins-Perry House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"37 W. Front St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Milan","county":"Erie County","state":"OH","lat":41.297736891000056,"lon":-82.60896292999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-10-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Greek Revival house at 37 W. Front Street in Milan, Erie County, Ohio, built in 1835-36 as the residence of canal contractor and merchant Nathan Jenkins.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a symbol of the prosperity that came to Milan with the building of the Milan Canal. Its essentially unchanged appearance and unusual details, especially the irregularly spaced tree-trunk columns, make it an important part of the town's architectural heritage.","narrative":"Built in 1835-36, this two-story Greek Revival house on West Front Street in Milan, Ohio, has its gable end to the street and a full portico supported by four Ionic columns. The columns are irregularly spaced to match the windows and door, and each is made of a single tree trunk faced with brick and stucco. The doorway, set at the far right of the three-bay front, has an eight-paneled door flanked by fluted Ionic columns. Nathan Jenkins, a storekeeper and contractor on the Milan Canal, built the house as his residence during the canal era, when Milan became a leading grain shipping center. After a fire destroyed his business buildings in 1853, Jenkins left town and sold the house to Dr. Perry, a prominent local doctor and druggist, in 1854. The rear ell has been remodelled, but the rest of the interior and exterior remain largely original. The house reflects Milan's canal-era prosperity and its architectural heritage.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1835-36)","architect_builder":"Nathan Jenkins (built as his residence)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition, altered, on its original site, occupied and used as a private residence at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.788857-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001468.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001468/1b5f652166-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001468/1b5f652166-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JENKINS-PERRY_HOUSE,_ERIE_COUNTY,_OHIO.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JENKINS-PERRY_HOUSE,_ERIE_COUNTY,_OHIO.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988104","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137769132"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/erie-county/jenkins-perry-house-74001468/"}