{"nrhp_refnum":"79003891","name":"Huntington Inn, Old","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Wellington at jct. of OH 58 and 162, Huntington Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wellington","county":"Lorain County","state":"OH","lat":41.10110065200007,"lon":-82.22046582099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-06-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Greek Revival former inn at the northwest corner of Routes 58 and 162 in Huntington Township, near Wellington, Lorain County, Ohio, dating to about 1840.","why_significant":"The building served as a stagecoach stop on the north-south road through Huntington Center, a village that once competed with Wellington as a commercial center. Its fate was tied to the village's decline after the railroad was routed through Wellington in 1850. It also retains notable Greek Revival features such as a massive pediment with square columns.","narrative":"Built around 1840, this two-story wood-frame building at the northwest corner of Routes 58 and 162 in Huntington Township, Lorain County, began as an inn and later became a residence. Its Greek Revival character shows in a massive front pediment supported by large square columns, pilasters, cornices, and a side doorway beneath a heavy entablature. The plan is T-shaped, with a lower two-story wing extending north, a sandstone foundation, and a gable roof of seamed metal. Later changes include wide-board aluminum siding and repeated interior remodeling. The inn served as a stagecoach stop on the north-south road through Huntington Center, a village that once had several churches and shops and competed with Wellington as a commercial center. When the railroad was routed through Wellington in 1850, Huntington's prospects declined. The nominated property includes the inn and two acres of land, now overgrown with bushes and weeds.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a residence; interior and exterior in fair condition; altered by aluminum siding and interior remodeling; grounds overgrown and building barely visible from the road.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.995102-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79003891.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003891/12bffaf689-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003891/12bffaf689-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Huntington_Inn.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Huntington_Inn.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985784","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138531927"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lorain-county/huntington-inn-old-79003891/"}