{"nrhp_refnum":"76001473","name":"East Side Commercial Block","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"107--117 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Toledo","county":"Lucas County","state":"OH","lat":41.648256281000045,"lon":-83.52269842099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-05-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A group of three late 19th-century commercial buildings at 107-117 Main Street in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, between Front and 1st Streets: the Weber Block (dated 1888), the Friedman Block, and a small early 1900s stone store between them.","why_significant":"The block is described as the only remaining commercial structures of the once vital downtown of East Toledo, where most buildings were lost to decay and urban renewal. The Weber and Friedman blocks are cited as very good examples of late 19th century commercial architecture in Ohio. The block marks a high point in the development of Toledo's east side.","narrative":"Three adjoining commercial buildings on Main Street in East Toledo, Ohio, make up this block between Front and 1st Streets. The Weber Block, dated 1888 on its roofline pediment, is a painted brick, three-story building with a large round arch, bay windows and an ornate cornice of corbeling, dentils and colonnettes. The Friedman Block at Main and 1st has pilasters with foliated capitals, a floral cornice and two corner towers with hipped roofs. A narrow stone store from the early 1900s sits between them. Ground floors have been modernized. The group is listed because it is the only surviving part of what was once East Toledo's vital downtown. Industry along the Maumee River, drawn by cheap land, natural gas, river frontage and railways, fueled commercial growth on Main Street after 1870, and the most ornate buildings appeared there. Most other buildings of the area were lost to decay and urban renewal.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Eclectic; the Weber Block is described as a commercial adaptation of the Queen Anne style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied, privately owned and altered; ground floors have been modernized. The form says the Weber and Friedman blocks were undergoing preservation as part of the Main Street-Starr Avenue redevelopment project.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.224881-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/76001473.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001473/15eb1f51ca-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001473/15eb1f51ca-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_Side_Commercial_Block.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_Side_Commercial_Block.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100011535","name":"East Toledo Main Street Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/east-toledo-main-street-historic-district-100011535/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990025","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138542331"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lucas-county/east-side-commercial-block-76001473/"}