{"nrhp_refnum":"75001556","name":"Town Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Front St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Grand Rapids","county":"Wood County","state":"OH","lat":41.41226998900004,"lon":-83.86883361899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-05-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story square brick village hall on Front Street in Grand Rapids, Wood County, Ohio, built in 1898 with a Romanesque Revival-influenced design and a wood belfry above the front entrance.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the building as one of the village's greatest achievements and a good example of a typical community center for a village-sized town. Its auditorium soon became a cultural center. The architectural details are described as interesting and pleasing.","narrative":"Built in 1898 on Front Street in Grand Rapids, Ohio, this two-story square brick building served as the village's town hall and community center. It sits on a high stone foundation under a hip roof. A large brick arch with a keystone dated 1898 shelters the recessed entrance, and above it TOWN HALL is spelled out in raised stone letters. The center bay rises into a square wood belfry with a round window at its base, louvered arched openings and small corner turrets. Grand Rapids had grown as a milling and shipping town on the Maumee River and was a busy commercial center by 1900. Voters approved the project early in 1898, bonds were sold, and Charles Patton won the construction contract that July. The building committee spent $6,959.50, and much of the material, including brick, arrived by canal boat. A board of control began managing it in 1899, and its auditorium soon became a cultural center for the village.","period_of_significance":"1898","architect_builder":"Charles Patton (contractor)","architectural_style":"Eclectic with Romanesque Revival elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition, altered, on its original site; owned by the Village of Grand Rapids and occupied for government use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.617001-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/75001556.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001556/edf7eda08b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001556/edf7eda08b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grand_Rapids_Town_Hall.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grand_Rapids_Town_Hall.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992038","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138766279"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/wood-county/town-hall-75001556/"}