{"nrhp_refnum":"78002056","name":"Starr-Truscott House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"OH 133","address_restricted":false,"city":"Birmingham","county":"Erie County","state":"OH","lat":41.33126480300007,"lon":-82.35536789599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-04-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A wood-frame Greek Revival house on Milan-Elyria Road (Ohio Route 133) in Birmingham, Erie County, Ohio, built around 1820 and associated with millwright Perez Hiram Starr.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an excellent example of Greek Revival style. It is tied to the early settlement and development of the Firelands. It is also unusual because six generations of one family have lived in it, which makes it a landmark of local and regional importance.","narrative":"Built around 1820 on the Milan-Elyria Road in Birmingham, Ohio, this wood-frame Greek Revival house has a three-bay facade, a corner side-lighted entrance, a blank pediment, corner boards and a continuous entablature. Construction is post and beam, with tulip poplar floors, lath and siding, black walnut interior woodwork, three original fireplaces and a squared sandstone foundation. A rear wing added a woodshed, utility and pantry rooms and a second-floor meeting room, and the east porch was enlarged, but the exterior remains close to the original. The house is tied to Perez Hiram Starr, a Connecticut-born millwright who came to Huron in 1810, built the first grist mill in the Firelands, and put up a mill on the Vermilion River in Birmingham in 1817. No record names the builder, though the design suggests local builders using a pattern book. Its continuous ownership by six generations of the Starr family and its elegant design make it a landmark of local and regional importance.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1820","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition, privately owned and occupied as a private residence. The original portion's interior is largely unaltered and has been partly restored.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.220464-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/78002056.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002056/723bdcd557-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002056/723bdcd557-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Revjrg","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Truscotthouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Revjrg</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Truscotthouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988150","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137768901"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/erie-county/starr-truscott-house-78002056/"}