{"nrhp_refnum":"78002128","name":"Vistula Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Champlain, Summit, Walnut and Magnolia Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Toledo","county":"Lucas County","state":"OH","lat":41.660294601500055,"lon":-83.52426989596006,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-12-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Exploration/Settlement","Architecture","Religion","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, roughly bounded by Champlain, Summit, Walnut and Magnolia Streets, containing the city's earliest remaining commercial and residential development, largely from the 19th century.","why_significant":"The district is described as the earliest remaining residential and commercial neighborhood in Toledo, with a mixed-use pattern lasting about a century. Its buildings show a wide range of 19th-century styles and reflect the social and economic mix of the community, from workers' homes to mansions of wealthy businessmen. An updated statement extends the period of significance into the 1920s, when moderate-scale Commercial style buildings blended with the neighborhood.","narrative":"Vistula is a neighborhood in Toledo, Ohio, that preserves the city's earliest remaining mix of homes, shops, churches, schools and industry. Its buildings, mostly from the 19th century, range from Greek Revival to Italianate, Queen Anne and High Victorian Gothic, built of brick, cast iron, sandstone, limestone and wood. Commercial blocks along Summit Street, a hotel and a large brewery stand close to modest workers' houses, apartment buildings and the mansions of wealthy businessmen, showing the social and economic mix of the community. Cobbled pavements and carriage houses recall the era of horse-drawn transport. Landmarks include Westminster Church and Chapel, Salem Lutheran Church, St. Joseph's Church and the medieval-styled Undine Flats. A later statement extends the district's significance into the 1920s, when industrial, commercial and residential buildings of consistent brick and stone, scale and height continued the neighborhood's mixed-use pattern, including the Continental Baking Company building of 1924.","period_of_significance":"1920-1928","architect_builder":"Alex S. Young (Lagrange/St. James Hotel); Carl Schon (Westminster Chapel, Salem Lutheran Church); Luther Whitney (Westminster Church); John Van SanFleet; George H. Breyman & Brothers Building Co. (Undine Flats)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Italianate, High Victorian Gothic, Queen Anne, Italian Villa, Commercial style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked fair. Some buildings are altered, such as boarded or bricked-up windows and a church converted to a gym. The Continental Baking Company building is described as currently vacant.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.245827-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/78002128.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002128/236af32eca-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002128/236af32eca-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Primera_Iglesia_Bautista_in_Vistula,_Toledo.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Primera_Iglesia_Bautista_in_Vistula,_Toledo.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989975","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vistula_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7936501"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lucas-county/vistula-historic-district-78002128/"}