{"nrhp_refnum":"79001885","name":"Starr, Horace C., House and Carriage Barns","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"276 Washington Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Elyria","county":"Lorain County","state":"OH","lat":41.37121274400005,"lon":-82.10687768399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-04-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Italianate house with two carriage barns at 276 Washington Avenue in Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio, built in 1857 for dry goods merchant Horace C. Starr. The builder is given as Mr. Bagg.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant mainly for its architecture, as a well-executed Italianate building and one of the first of that style in Elyria, when Greek Revival buildings were still being built. It also uses mass-produced elements such as metal window lintels and plaster interior ornament. It is the last of the grand Civil War era mansions that once lined Washington Avenue.","narrative":"Built in 1857, this two-story brick house at 276 Washington Avenue in Elyria was designed in the Italianate style and is credited to a builder named Mr. Bagg. A square wooden cupola with rounded windows crowns the roof, large paired wooden brackets line the eaves, and stamped metal pediments top the windows. An entrance porch with Corinthian columns marks the front door. Two square carriage barns, one of wood and one of brick, remain on the grounds. The house was built for Horace C. Starr, a dry goods merchant who prospered in Elyria and helped build the Commercial Block downtown after an 1873 fire. Its listing rests chiefly on architecture: it is among the earliest Italianate buildings in the city and uses mass-produced metal and plaster details. It is also the last of the Civil War era mansions that once lined Washington Avenue. A later church building was added against the house, and the first floor was converted to classrooms.","period_of_significance":"1857","architect_builder":"Mr. Bagg","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in fair condition, with some alterations. Owned by a church that uses the house for classrooms. Modern church walls were built directly against the house, and the church was reported to be seeking a new site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.968251-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001885.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001885/7a4195169a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001885/7a4195169a-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Horace_C._Starr_House_in_Elyria.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Horace_C._Starr_House_in_Elyria.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989849","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138497262"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lorain-county/starr-horace-c-house-and-carriage-barns-79001885/"}