{"nrhp_refnum":"75001472","name":"Standart-Simmons Hardware Company","other_names":["King Warehouse No. 2"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"36 S. Erie St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Toledo","county":"Lucas County","state":"OH","lat":41.648005296000065,"lon":-83.54226052599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-05-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A seven-story brick warehouse at 36 South Erie Street in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, completed in 1906 as the King Warehouse No. 2 for the Standart-Simmons Hardware Company. The building is triangular in plan.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as an example of early 20th century commercial architecture in Toledo's south side commercial district. It also reflects Toledo's early commercial history through the wholesale hardware firm that first occupied it.","narrative":"Rising seven stories in brick, this triangular warehouse at 36 South Erie Street in Toledo was completed in 1906 and originally housed the Standart-Simmons Hardware Company, also known as King Warehouse No. 2. The Erie and Lafayette Street sides are nearly identical, each with a central arched entrance, keystone-topped rectangular windows, banded brickwork, and segmental arched windows on the middle floors. A brick belt course separates the upper floors, and the top story has an arcade of arched windows divided by wide brick pilasters under a corbelled cornice. The northwest side facing the railroad tracks is plain and utilitarian. The hardware company sold only at wholesale, distributing general hardware and sporting goods, with branches in several other cities. The building was recognized as a handsome example of early twentieth century commercial architecture and for its role in Toledo's early commercial history, within a south side district of similar warehouse and manufacturing buildings.","period_of_significance":"1906","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early commercial style (Vernacular Commercial)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition, altered, on its original site; the data sheet gives both historical and current function as warehouse.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.054728-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/75001472.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001472/d4160a857f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001472/d4160a857f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Standart-Simmons_Hardware_Company.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Standart-Simmons_Hardware_Company.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989903","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138542071"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lucas-county/standart-simmons-hardware-company-75001472/"}