{"nrhp_refnum":"75001406","name":"Goodwin, Dr. Erastus, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"14485 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Burton","county":"Geauga County","state":"OH","lat":41.47445688800008,"lon":-81.14497509399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-08-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick residence at 14485 Main Street in Burton, Geauga County, Ohio, built around 1815 for physician Dr. Erastus Goodwin. It is a rectangular gabled building with a single-story wing on the south side.","why_significant":"It is described as one of the first permanent residences built in Burton and was the home of Dr. Erastus Goodwin, one of the town's first doctors. The form also calls it a fine and largely unchanged example of early Western Reserve architecture, reflecting the building style New Englanders brought to Ohio.","narrative":"This brick house at 14485 Main Street in Burton, Ohio, dates to about 1815, when tax records show it was built for Dr. Erastus Goodwin. Goodwin, born in Connecticut, came to Burton in 1811 and practiced medicine there until his death, apart from time as an army surgeon in the War of 1812. The house is described as one of the first permanent residences in the town, which was surveyed in 1798. The three-bay, four-bay-deep building has its gable end facing the street, locally made brick walls, and cut sandstone foundation, sills and lintels. Exterior details include a dentiled cornice and louvered fans set in brick arches over the entrance and front gable. A single-story wing on the south may be the original 1815 portion. Inside, the original softwood floors, front stairs and reeded woodwork survive. The house is regarded as a largely unchanged example of early Western Reserve architecture in the New England tradition.","period_of_significance":"circa 1815-25","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Western Reserve architecture (a later data sheet notes Greek Revival)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition and altered, on its original site, and used as a private residence. The south wing has been gutted and has serious structural defects in the masonry.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.14206-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/75001406.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001406/6992f7eb0a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001406/6992f7eb0a-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erastus_Goodwin_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erastus_Goodwin_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988674","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138339790"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/geauga-county/goodwin-dr-erastus-house-75001406/"}