{"nrhp_refnum":"76001474","name":"Monroe Street Commercial Buildings","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"513--623 Monroe St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Toledo","county":"Lucas County","state":"OH","lat":41.64968998200004,"lon":-83.5398287091507,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-12-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A commercial historic district in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, made up of two blocks of Victorian brick commercial buildings along the southwest side of Monroe Street (Nos. 513-623) plus nearby Huron Street buildings, built between about 1872 and 1905.","why_significant":"The buildings are the greatest remaining concentration of 1870s-to-turn-of-the-century commercial structures in Toledo, a city that once had whole streets of such buildings. They reflect Toledo's prosperity as a rail and trade center and are described as excellent examples of the Victorian commercial style. Many still house food wholesalers and importers, as they did originally.","narrative":"Two blocks of Victorian brick commercial buildings line the southwest side of Monroe Street in Toledo, Ohio, with additional turn-of-the-century buildings on Huron Street. Constructed between roughly 1872 and 1905, they feature bracketed cornices, curved and rectangular pediments, and ornament in a variety of styles. The most elaborate group, at 607-611 Monroe, recalls the Second Empire style, and one building at 619-623 carries a stone banner reading \"Hannon's Block - 1894.\" Ground floors have been altered, but the upper stories largely survive. The district matters because it is the largest surviving concentration of commercial buildings from this era in Toledo, a city that was the third largest rail center in the nation by 1870 and home to over 750 manufacturers. The area was a center for wholesale food merchants and importers, and many food businesses still operate here, though some buildings now serve as bars, storage, or stand vacant.","period_of_significance":"1870-1905","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian commercial style (one building reminiscent of Second Empire)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Storefronts have been altered at street level over the years. Many buildings still house food wholesalers and importers, while some are bars, used for storage, or vacant.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.276293-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/76001474.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989943","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lucas-county/monroe-street-commercial-buildings-76001474/"}