{"nrhp_refnum":"78002098","name":"Fifth and Lawrence Streets Residential District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"5th and Lawrence Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ironton","county":"Lawrence County","state":"OH","lat":38.538413941000044,"lon":-82.68447505493424,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-08-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture","Invention"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of about 12.8 acres in Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio, west and slightly north of the business center. It covers roughly four blocks of mid-19th-century houses and a church, mostly built between 1850 and 1880.","why_significant":"The district holds a cohesive group of mid-nineteenth-century houses in Greek Revival, Italianate, French Second Empire and Romanesque Revival styles. It also contains the homes of people tied to the founding of Ironton in 1849 and to the iron industry of the Hanging Rock Iron Region, including ironmaster and Ironton founder John Campbell.","narrative":"Spacious, tree-lined streets west of downtown Ironton, Ohio, make up a neighborhood of about four blocks that has largely kept its original form since it was laid out soon after the town was platted in 1849. Most buildings date from 1850 to 1880 and include Greek Revival, Italianate, French Second Empire and Romanesque Revival designs. The brick Italianate house at 305 North Fifth Street was built in 1850 by John Campbell, founder of Ironton and the leading iron manufacturer of the Hanging Rock Iron Region. His brother Hiram, also an ironmaster, built a Second Empire house next door. Other homes belonged to a physician, a cut nail factory owner, a dry goods family and an iron furnace builder. The First Presbyterian Church, built 1873 to 1882, is a visual focal point. The district is notable for its cohesive architecture and for its links to the iron industry that shaped Ironton's economy and social life in the nineteenth century.","period_of_significance":"1850-1880","architect_builder":"First Presbyterian Church built by G.F. Buchanon and D.W. Vogelsong (1873-1882); John Campbell built the house at 305 North Fifth Street; Hiram Campbell built the house at 321 North Fifth Street; Captain Harry Brown built the house at 516 Lawrence Street","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Italianate, French Second Empire, Romanesque Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as well preserved, with only two relatively inconspicuous intrusions on the periphery; the houses are privately owned and occupied, with a church and some government use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.847502-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/78002098.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989635","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lawrence-county/fifth-and-lawrence-streets-residential-district-78002098/"}