{"nrhp_refnum":"79001879","name":"Courthouse Center","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"35--37 S. Park Pl. and jct. of S. Park and S. 2nd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newark","county":"Licking County","state":"OH","lat":40.05730269900005,"lon":-82.40070841799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-11-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Two adjacent nineteenth-century brick commercial buildings at 35-37 S. Park Place, on the southeast corner of Courthouse Square in Newark, Licking County, Ohio. One was built before 1853 and the other between 1866 and 1875.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the buildings are significant architecturally and historically as examples of Newark's commercial architectural heritage. The earlier building is an unusual survivor from the town's early days, and its simple design contrasts with the richly ornamented Italianate buildings around the square.","narrative":"Two brick commercial buildings stand at the southeast corner of Courthouse Square in Newark, Ohio. The northern one, at 35-37 S. Park Place, was built before 1853 and is known locally as the oldest brick commercial block on the Square. It rises three stories on a stone foundation under a truncated hip roof, with plain stone lintels and sills and some original two-over-two windows. Its Italianate neighbor to the south dates from between 1866 and 1875 and has round-arched second-floor windows and an elaborate bracketed cornice. Both have altered storefronts. The Square has been Newark's governmental and commercial center since the town was platted in 1802, and most early buildings around it were replaced between 1860 and 1910. The earlier building survives from that period, and its restrained design contrasts with the ornate buildings nearby. Together the pair represent the town's nineteenth-century commercial architecture and were being rehabilitated for continued commercial use.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate (the later building); the earlier building is described as simple in design","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied; the storefronts have been altered, and the buildings were recently sold to new owners who were rehabilitating them for continued commercial use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.754816-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001879.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001879/ef41e3311a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001879/ef41e3311a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wdzinc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Courthouse_Center_Newark.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Wdzinc</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Courthouse_Center_Newark.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"01001482","name":"Newark Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/newark-downtown-historic-district-01001482/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989714","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138460962"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/licking-county/courthouse-center-79001879/"}