{"nrhp_refnum":"74001564","name":"South Main Street District","other_names":["See Also:South Main Street District Boundary Increase"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Both sides of S. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Poland","county":"Mahoning County","state":"OH","lat":41.02119929650007,"lon":-80.61132700172351,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-10-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district of about 13 acres covering portions of four blocks along South Main Street in Poland, Mahoning County, Ohio. It includes a late Colonial tavern built in 1804, 24 houses, a Second Empire commercial block and a carriage barn.","why_significant":"The district is significant as a characteristic nineteenth-century village street in the southeasterly corner of the Connecticut Western Reserve. It survived because Poland missed the heavy industrial growth of the Mahoning Valley. Fowler's Tavern is a rare early stone building in the county, and the Kennedy House and several Greek Revival and Victorian buildings add architectural and local interest.","narrative":"South Main Street in Poland, Ohio, preserves a stretch of village life from the 1800s. The district covers about 13 acres across parts of four blocks and is crossed by Yellow Creek. It contains a late Colonial tavern, 24 houses in Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival and High Victorian Italianate styles, a Second Empire commercial block and a painted carriage barn. Fowler's Tavern, built in 1804 by Jonathan Fowler, is a rare early stone building in Mahoning County, and William McKinley enlisted in the Union Army in front of it in 1861. The Greek Revival house at 308 South Main, built in 1845, later belonged to Judge James B. Kennedy and now serves as the village hall. Poland grew quickly in the early 1800s because of its high ground and its location on an important road. The street remains intact because the village avoided the heavy industrial growth seen elsewhere in the valley. Several buildings have been adapted for apartments, offices and shops.","period_of_significance":"1804-1900","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Colonial, Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, High Victorian Italianate, Second Empire","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked excellent. Some buildings have been adapted for apartments, small businesses and municipal use; the Kennedy House serves as the village hall and the tavern houses a real estate office.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.0801-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001564.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990120","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/mahoning-county/south-main-street-district-74001564/"}