{"nrhp_refnum":"74001544","name":"Smead House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"187 Mentor Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Painesville","county":"Lake County","state":"OH","lat":41.72089014000005,"lon":-81.25012170799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Stick Style frame house at 187 Mentor Avenue in Painesville, Lake County, Ohio, dated to 1875. It is a private residence.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as one of Mentor's few extravagant examples of the Stick Style and one of only a few remaining Stick Style buildings in Lake County. It is described as a fine example of 19th century construction style, a style that flourished between 1851 and the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition.","narrative":"Built in 1875, this house at 187 Mentor Avenue in Painesville is an elaborate wooden residence in the Stick Style. Its core is a square box on a stone foundation, clad in clapboard, with a bracketed skirt roof and a mansard roof covered in octagonal shingles and topped by four chimneys. Square bays flank a projecting central portico of jig-sawn columns, capped by a pediment, with a tunnel-like feature above that carries stickwork and a wooden pinnacle. Inside, a curved hallway leads to a curving staircase with lathe-turned balusters, lit by a large skylight, and parlors with plaster ceiling rosettes flank the stair. The rear has been modified and extended. The house is considered significant as one of Mentor's few extravagant Stick Style examples and one of only a few such buildings left in Lake County. The style drew on Swiss Chalet and Gothic forms and flourished between 1851 and 1876.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1875)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Stick Style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as altered, with modifications and additions at the rear; the form's status section marks it occupied and in use as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.22865-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001544.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001544/3661cc18de-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001544/3661cc18de-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"LeeG7144","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Smead_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">LeeG7144</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:Smead_House.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"78002093","name":"Mentor Avenue District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/mentor-avenue-district-78002093/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989563","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138451699"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lake-county/smead-house-74001544/"}