{"nrhp_refnum":"75001480","name":"Ruggles, Charles, House","other_names":["Coopes, Fred, House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"17 Court St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Canfield","county":"Mahoning County","state":"OH","lat":41.021745879000036,"lon":-80.76144594999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-08-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Law","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wooden frame Greek Revival house at 17 Court Street in Canfield, Mahoning County, Ohio, built in 1846-1847 for lawyer Charles Ruggles. It stands next door to the first Mahoning County Courthouse.","why_significant":"The house is significant as the home of a practicing lawyer in an early county seat, Canfield, which served as seat of Mahoning County from 1846 to 1876. It is also an unusual variant of Greek Revival, with octagonal portico columns and coved cornice soffits that are very rare.","narrative":"Built in 1846-1847 at 17 Court Street in Canfield, this two-story wooden frame house was constructed for Charles Ruggles, a lawyer who practiced at the courthouse next door while Canfield served as the Mahoning County seat from 1846 to 1876. Its form follows the typical Western Reserve plan: a rectangular box with the narrow end facing the street and the door to one side. The most distinctive feature is a two-story, four-column portico whose columns are octagonal rather than round or square, with flaring concave capitals. The cornice soffits are coved instead of flat, a rare treatment. A one-story wing and enclosed porch were added in the twentieth century but harmonize with the original. The house is valued both for its architecture, an unusual variation on Greek Revival, and for conveying the early history of Canfield, which declined after the county seat moved to Youngstown.","period_of_significance":"1846-1847","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition and well maintained; a one-story wing and enclosed porch were added to the southwest corner in the twentieth century. Used as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:08.929872-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/75001480.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001480/eff75a1756-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001480/eff75a1756-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Ruggles_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Ruggles_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990116","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138561861"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/mahoning-county/ruggles-charles-house-75001480/"}