{"nrhp_refnum":"79001905","name":"Trailsend","other_names":["James M. Cox Mansion"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3500 Governors Trail","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kettering","county":"Montgomery County","state":"OH","lat":39.70130054700007,"lon":-84.19923462799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-05-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Trailsend, also called the James M. Cox Mansion, is a stuccoed Neo-Classical house at 3500 Governors Trail in Kettering, Montgomery County, Ohio, built around 1915 and designed by Oswald Hering of New York.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant both for its architecture and as the home of James M. Cox, three-term Governor of Ohio (1913-1921) and 1920 Democratic presidential nominee. Hering's design is presented as an excellent example of his concrete and stucco country houses, and a national biographical reference lists it among his best works.","narrative":"Trailsend is a large stuccoed mansion in Kettering, Ohio, built around 1915 to designs by New York architect Oswald Hering. Its Neo-Classical design includes a nine-bay facade with central and end pavilions, rusticated stone margins, a dentiled cornice and a parapet that hides the flat roof. Inside, original butternut paneling survives in the library and dining room, and some furniture belonging to the owner is still used. A few rooms were added in 1959 by enclosing the wraparound terrace. The house was the home of James M. Cox, who served three terms as Ohio governor between 1913 and 1921, pushed through a broad slate of progressive reforms, ran for President in 1920, and published the Dayton Daily News. Cox kept Trailsend as one of his two homes until his death in 1957. Hering specialized in country houses with restrained classical symmetry and wrote on concrete and stucco houses; the property was listed for both its architecture and its link to Cox.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific date 1915)","architect_builder":"Architect: Oswald Hering","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Marked occupied and privately owned by the Trailsend Club; altered in 1959 when rooms were added by enclosing the terrace; the basement gymnasium and swimming pool are neglected and no longer used.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.48046-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001905.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001905/c44abb406e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001905/c44abb406e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Bain News Service","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trailsend_Home_of_Gov._Cox.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bain News Service</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trailsend_Home_of_Gov._Cox.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990559","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138635079"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/montgomery-county/trailsend-79001905/"}