{"nrhp_refnum":"78002199","name":"Edwards, John Stark, House","other_names":["Trumbull County Historical Society"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"309 South St., SE.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Warren","county":"Trumbull County","state":"OH","lat":41.234167580000076,"lon":-80.81640456499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-07-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A story-and-a-half post and beam house at 309 South Street S.E. in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, built in 1807 and moved about three city blocks east in 1966. It now serves as the Trumbull County Historical Society museum.","why_significant":"The house was home to several important figures in Western Reserve history, including John Stark Edwards, the region's first resident lawyer and first elected congressional representative. It is also an unusual example of late Colonial vernacular architecture in Northeast Ohio, where Federal and Greek Revival styles predominate.","narrative":"Built in 1807, this story-and-a-half post and beam house in Warren, Ohio, measures 48 by 33 feet and has a steeply pitched gable roof, two end chimneys and a central entrance framed by Tuscan pilasters and a full entablature. It was the home of John Stark Edwards, grandson of Jonathan Edwards, who became the Western Reserve's first resident lawyer, first Recorder of Trumbull County and first elected representative to Congress from the region. After his death in 1813 it was sold to Thomas D. Webb, founder of the Western Reserve's first newspaper, and later housed the Iddings family until 1938. The Trumbull County Historical Society then bought it and opened it as a museum. In 1966 street widening and a new parking lot forced a move three blocks east, where it kept its original orientation and a new basement, with the foundation stones marked and relaid. It is valued as a late Colonial vernacular building in a region of Federal and Greek Revival styles.","period_of_significance":"1807","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Colonial vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and used as a museum owned by the Trumbull County Historical Society. The basement holds the historical museum and the first floor is restored to the 1800-1840 period.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.104044-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/78002199.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002199/a79e664319-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002199/a79e664319-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Upstateherd","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Stark_Edwards_House_-_Warren.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Upstateherd</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:John_Stark_Edwards_House_-_Warren.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991687","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138752440"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/trumbull-county/edwards-john-stark-house-78002199/"}