{"nrhp_refnum":"79001980","name":"U.S. Post Office","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"305 N. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bowling Green","county":"Wood County","state":"OH","lat":41.37741551000005,"lon":-83.65161726799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-03-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick and South Amherst sandstone former U.S. Post Office at 305 North Main Street in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio, built between 1913 and 1914 to designs by the Supervising Architect's office.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its early 20th century architectural styling, which gives an imposing visual element at the northern end of Bowling Green's commercial district. Its blend of Neo-Classical and Second Renaissance Revival styles is described as unusual locally, with only one other building in the community identified with that styling. It is also significant as government-directed architecture that served as the main county post office and federal branch.","narrative":"Built on a site the federal government bought in 1909 for $6,000, this one-story post office on North Main Street in Bowling Green opened after construction in 1913 and 1914 at a cost of nearly $100,000. Designed under Supervising Architect O. Wenderoth and built by James Devault & Son, it is made of brick with South Amherst sandstone on the front section, cornices and trim. A pedimented portico with four Doric columns, a round-arched entrance with a keystone, dentil cornices and round-arched windows give it a formal, classical look. The nomination values it for imposing early 20th century styling at the north end of downtown and for its mix of Neo-Classical and Second Renaissance Revival elements, which are rare in the county seat. A brick loading-area addition was made at the rear in 1956. The City of Bowling Green bought the building in 1976 to preserve it, and the transfer deed requires the exterior's integrity to be maintained.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific date 1913)","architect_builder":"O. Wenderoth, Supervising Architect; James Devault & Son, General Contractors, Canton, Ohio","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical and Second Renaissance Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the City of Bowling Green, which bought it in 1976 to preserve it and planned to renovate the interior as a multipurpose senior citizens' center. Condition marked good and altered by a 1956 rear addition; the exterior is otherwise unaltered.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.613383-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79001980.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001980/6f3758a82b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79001980/6f3758a82b-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Mbrickn","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Side_of_former_US_Post_Office_in_BG_Ohio_(Alternate_Angle).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mbrickn</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Side_of_former_US_Post_Office_in_BG_Ohio_(Alternate_Angle).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992028","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Bowling_Green,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16902239"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/wood-county/u-s-post-office-79001980/"}