{"nrhp_refnum":"79001785","name":"Williams, Dr. Issac Elmer, House And Office","other_names":["407-411 North Main Street Doctor's House and Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"407--411 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"St. Marys","county":"Auglaize County","state":"OH","lat":40.54553647800003,"lon":-84.39259429999998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-05-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Queen Anne style doctor's house and attached office at 407-411 North Main Street in St. Marys, Auglaize County, Ohio, built in 1903 by Dr. Issac Elmer Williams, linked by a second-story sleeping room.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house and office are architecturally significant as a unique combination that remains basically unaltered inside and out. They also reflect the early 1900s idea of service by a medical professional in a rural small town. Reviewers described it as a fine example of a late Queen Anne residence of a small-town doctor.","narrative":"At 407-411 North Main Street in St. Marys, a large frame Queen Anne house and a separate doctor's office sit on lots raised 8-10 feet above the street. Dr. Issac Elmer Williams built both in 1903. The house has multiple gables with imbricated shingles, a Palladian window, a two-story bay with carved vergeboard, and a wrap-around porch on Doric pillars. Original floors, stairway and woodwork survive inside. The L-shaped, five-room office keeps its drug room with shelves and drawers, a reminder of when doctors dispensed most prescriptions. A sleeping room built about 1908-09 bridges the two buildings at the second story. Williams graduated from medical school in 1892, began practice in St. Marys that year, and served the area until retiring in 1942. The property was listed for its largely unaltered architecture and for what it shows about a small-town doctor's practice around 1900. At nomination it was vacant and threatened by development pressure from nearby highways.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Dr. Issac Elmer Williams (built for his own residence)","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Vacant for 7-8 years at time of nomination; condition fair, needing paint and attention. The owner planned rehabilitation for rental use.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.062409-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001785.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001785/4694c5700d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001785/4694c5700d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr._Issac_Elmer_Williams_House_and_Office.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dr._Issac_Elmer_Williams_House_and_Office.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986775","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Issac_Elmer_Williams_House_and_Office","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5304164"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/auglaize-county/williams-dr-issac-elmer-house-and-office-79001785/"}