{"nrhp_refnum":"76001479","name":"Anderson, Judge William Shaw, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7171 Mahoning Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Austintown","county":"Mahoning County","state":"OH","lat":41.09875603800003,"lon":-80.80391976199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Law","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-part house at 7171 Mahoning Avenue in Austintown, Mahoning County, Ohio: a sandstone house built by 1830 in late Federal vernacular style, with a stucco-on-masonry Classical Revival addition of about 1918.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the most memorable houses in Austintown Township's local history and an interesting combination of two stylistic building traditions. It is best known for its association with Judge William Shaw Anderson, who built the addition and lived there until 1925. It was also built by early settler William Strock.","narrative":"This house on Mahoning Avenue in Austintown combines two building traditions. The older section is a sandstone house of coursed ashlar, measuring 20 by 29 feet, built between 1828 and 1830 by William Strock, whose father settled in Austintown in 1815. Around 1918 a larger Classical Revival wing of stucco over masonry was added, designed with matching eaves, gables and sills so that the two parts complement each other. The house is best known for Judge William Shaw Anderson, who grew up on his father's farm, was admitted to the bar in 1869, and was elected to the Common Pleas Court in 1912 and 1918. He used the old house as a summer home and later made it his permanent residence until his death in 1925. Local tradition also says the house served as an underground railway station, though documentation is lacking. The Mahoning Valley Sanitary District bought it in 1929 and uses it as the chief engineer's residence.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"William Strock (original stone house)","architectural_style":"Late Federal vernacular (original house) and Classical Revival (addition)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as the residence of the chief engineer of the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District, which bought it in 1929; condition listed as excellent and altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.865882-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/76001479.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001479/0ad151346e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001479/0ad151346e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Judge_William_Shaw_Anderson_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Judge_William_Shaw_Anderson_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990098","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_William_Shaw_Anderson_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14716558"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/mahoning-county/anderson-judge-william-shaw-house-76001479/"}