{"nrhp_refnum":"76001484","name":"Tod Homestead Cemetery Gate","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Belmont Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Youngstown","county":"Mahoning County","state":"OH","lat":41.128706074000036,"lon":-80.66586953599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-10-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A limestone commemorative gateway complex at the Tod Homestead Cemetery on Belmont Avenue in Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, begun in 1909 and designed by Julius A. Schweinfurth. It combines a portal, tower, chapel and office.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an unusually striking example of eclectic commemorative architecture. It is especially interesting for its architect, Julius A. Schweinfurth, and for the connection to his family of architects. It also stands on the homestead of the Tod family, whose most prominent member, David Tod, served as Governor of Ohio.","narrative":"Limestone walls, a pointed-arch portal and a tall Romanesque tower mark the entrance to the Tod Homestead Cemetery on Belmont Avenue in Youngstown. The complex also includes a chapel with five engaged buttresses, a story-and-a-half office with a six-bay cloister arcade, and a polygonal bay, all under tile roofs. Open loggias on the west side end in pavilions, and both main facades were treated as equally important. Construction began in 1909 for George Tod, president of the Brier Hill Iron and Coal Company, on land that was the Tod family homestead. His father, David Tod, served as Minister to Brazil and as Ohio's Civil War governor. The design came from Boston architect Julius A. Schweinfurth, one of four architect brothers, and the nomination notes that his work in Ohio is rare. It was listed as an unusually striking example of eclectic commemorative architecture.","period_of_significance":"1909-1917","architect_builder":"Julius A. Schweinfurth","architectural_style":"Richardsonian Romanesque with late Gothic Revival elements (eclectic mixture of styles)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by a cemetery association; present use is commemorative and the form checks the property as occupied.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.945674-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/76001484.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001484/aafd5f0d7f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001484/aafd5f0d7f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tod_Homestead_Cemetery_Gate_from_outside.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tod_Homestead_Cemetery_Gate_from_outside.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990126","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138565148"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/mahoning-county/tod-homestead-cemetery-gate-76001484/"}