{"nrhp_refnum":"78002178","name":"Ritter, William, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"181 S. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mansfield","county":"Richland County","state":"OH","lat":40.75348966400003,"lon":-82.51568382799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-12-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and a half story brick Queen Anne style house at 181 South Main Street in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, built around 1891-93 for William Ritter.","why_significant":"The house is significant in architecture as an example of the Queen Anne style. It was built for a prominent Mansfield man and reflects the tastes of the city's middle-upper classes in the late 19th century. Its South Main location is unusual, since people who could afford such houses were generally building west of downtown, and it remains little altered.","narrative":"Built around 1891-93 at 181 South Main Street in Mansfield, this two and a half story brick house is an example of Queen Anne architecture. It has an irregular plan, a rock-faced ashlar foundation, and a hipped roof with offset gables topped by ball finials and covered in scalloped shingles. A three story corner tower carries a Palladian window, oval windows, and iron cresting, and a stained glass transom bears the letter R for the first owner. Inside, golden oak woodwork, gas fireplaces, and leaded and stained glass add detail. William Ritter, who lived from 1834 to 1906, had it built. He worked in his father's leather business, served as city clerk and county clerk, and later held several posts with the Mansfield Water Works. The house reflects the tastes of the city's middle-upper classes, though its South Main location was unusual for the period. It has changed little since construction, apart from a 1961 back porch enclosure and the loss of the carriage barn.","period_of_significance":"ca 1891-93","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Form lists the property as unoccupied and a private residence; the only noted exterior alteration was a 1961 back porch enclosure, and the carriage barn was torn down.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.045227-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/78002178.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002178/ded3b5980a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002178/ded3b5980a-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:181_S_Main_Mansfield_OH.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:181_S_Main_Mansfield_OH.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991112","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138661982"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/richland-county/ritter-william-house-78002178/"}