{"nrhp_refnum":"74001635","name":"Mesopotamia Village District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"OH 534 and 87","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mesopotamia","county":"Trumbull County","state":"OH","lat":41.46035427100006,"lon":-80.9542834526869,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-12-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rural village district in Mesopotamia, Trumbull County, Ohio, centered on a 1600-foot-long public green at the crossroads of State Routes 534 and 87, covering about 100 acres with roughly 48 buildings, mostly 19th-century frame houses.","why_significant":"The nomination argues Mesopotamia is widely regarded as the most unspoiled nineteenth-century central green village in northeastern Ohio. Few buildings are individual landmarks, but the ensemble conveys a complete mid-nineteenth-century village. It also shows a cross-section of styles from late Colonial to Victorian Gothic.","narrative":"Mesopotamia Village District covers the central part of a small village in Trumbull County, Ohio, arranged around a public green about 1600 feet long and running north to south. The land dips slightly to the north, which makes the green look larger than it is. The district holds about 48 buildings, including houses, stores, a town hall and churches, most of them frame structures from before the Civil War. Greek Revival and Gothic Revival details appear, though simple builder's vernacular dominates. A marble monument topped by a globe and eagle marks the south end. Early settler families such as the Sperrys and Tracys shaped the village, and several buildings, including the Sperry Block and Peck's Store, appear in an 1874 county atlas. Few structures are landmarks on their own. The district was listed because the whole village gives a rare, nearly intact picture of a New England-style green village of the nineteenth century in northeastern Ohio.","period_of_significance":"1820-1904","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Romanesque Revival and Victorian Gothic, plus simple builder's vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked fair and altered, with a local preservation movement noted. Some former churches no longer serve as churches, and one is described as abandoned.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.728274-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/74001635.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991713","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/trumbull-county/mesopotamia-village-district-74001635/"}