{"nrhp_refnum":"74001620","name":"Buckland, Ralph P., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"300 S. Park Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fremont","county":"Sandusky County","state":"OH","lat":41.34381017000004,"lon":-83.11781859699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-12-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick house at 300 South Park Avenue in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, built in 1853 for Ralph P. Buckland and later converted to church use.","why_significant":"The house was the home of Ralph P. Buckland, a lawyer, state senator, Civil War brigadier and major general, and congressman. It is also an excellent example of transitional architecture between Federal and Greek Revival styles, showing the tenacity of the Federal style. It illustrates the successful reuse of an old building while keeping its essential architectural character.","narrative":"Built in 1853, this two-story brick house on South Park Avenue in Fremont, Ohio, sits on a stone foundation and measures about thirty-five feet square. Its design falls between the Federal and Greek Revival styles, with six-over-six windows, pilastered walls, a decorated frieze, a hipped roof with a bracketed deck, and an entry framed by fluted columns with modified Corinthian capitals. It was the home of Ralph P. Buckland, who practiced law in Fremont, served in the Ohio Senate, led the 72nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, rose to major general, and served two terms in Congress. He also practiced law for two years with Rutherford B. Hayes. The building is now a church, so the first floor was opened into a sanctuary and a rear addition was built in the late 1950s. Its listing rests on its link to Buckland, its transitional architecture, and its successful adaptation to a new use.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1853)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Transitional between Federal and Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"In good condition and occupied as a church; the interior is highly modified and a late 1950s brick rear addition was built.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.317285-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001620.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001620/128b8f3cca-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001620/128b8f3cca-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ralph_P._Buckland_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ralph_P._Buckland_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991228","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138667271"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/sandusky-county/buckland-ralph-p-house-74001620/"}