{"nrhp_refnum":"75001537","name":"Jackson, Andrew, House","other_names":["Odd Fellows Temple"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"277 E. Mill St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Akron","county":"Summit County","state":"OH","lat":41.08013894800007,"lon":-81.50911109599997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-02-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large brick Second Empire mansion at 277 East Mill Street in Akron, Summit County, Ohio, built around 1870 as a merchant's residence for Andrew Jackson and later converted to an Odd Fellows lodge hall.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a handsome Second Empire house converted to a fraternal lodge. It was built by Andrew Jackson, a founder of a major lumber firm and later a contractor and builder, who was associated with leading industrial figures of Akron. The Akron I.O.O.F. bought it in 1918, and its membership included prominent city officials and professionals.","narrative":"Built around 1870 on East Mill Street in Akron, this large brick mansion in the Second Empire style began as the home of Andrew Jackson, a lumber merchant. He helped found Jackson, Buchtel and Company in 1865, a firm that developed large logging tracts in Michigan, and he later worked as a contractor and builder. The house is symmetrical, with a steep mansard roof on a densely bracketed cornice, a slightly projecting center bay and polygonal side bays. Around 1900 it belonged to John T. Johnson, a railroad superintendent. In 1918 the Akron Odd Fellows lodge, organized in 1845, bought it and moved in the next year. They added porches and created a large second-floor meeting hall, while much of the original first-floor woodwork survives. It faces a small triangular park and serves as a local focal point. At the time of listing it faced possible demolition for a parking lot.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Second Empire","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in good condition and altered, with preservation work in progress; still used as a meeting place for fraternal organizations. At the time of nomination it was threatened with acquisition and demolition for a parking lot.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.954059-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/75001537.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001537/941b95965b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001537/941b95965b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andrew_Jackson_House_in_Akron.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andrew_Jackson_House_in_Akron.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991563","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138690529"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/summit-county/jackson-andrew-house-75001537/"}