{"nrhp_refnum":"79003923","name":"Meyers, Capt., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct of Ohio and Perry Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Vermilion","county":"Erie County","state":"OH","lat":41.42012101600005,"lon":-82.36894005199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-11-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Italianate frame house built in 1880 at the northwest corner of Ohio and Perry Streets in Vermilion, Erie County, Ohio, now divided into apartments.","why_significant":"The house was the home of Captain Meyers, master of the ill-fated \"Western Reserve,\" which sank and took the lives of many Vermilion families. The nomination presents it as an excellent link to Vermilion's close ties to Lake Erie and its shipping history.","narrative":"This two-story wood-frame house at the northwest corner of Ohio and Perry Streets in Vermilion, Ohio, dates to 1880 and is built in the Italianate style. It rests on a stone foundation under a hip roof with composition covering. Original features include brackets, an elaborate cornice and window mouldings, though wide-board aluminum siding hides other details. A front porch added some time ago is deteriorating, and the building has been divided into apartments. Its significance rests on its connection to Captain Meyers, master of the \"Western Reserve,\" a vessel that sank and claimed the lives of many Vermilion families. Vermilion's history is closely tied to Lake Erie and its shipping, and the house is described as an excellent link to that past. Large overgrown shrubs and trees line the property, and poor maintenance detracts from its surroundings. The house is part of the Vermilion-Harbour Town multiple resource area.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Divided into apartments; interior and exterior in fair condition; front porch added some time ago and deteriorating; surroundings marred by poor maintenance.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:11.893163-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79003923.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003923/7884921ae6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003923/7884921ae6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"LeeG7144","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Capt_Meyer%27s_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">LeeG7144</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:Capt_Meyer%27s_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984804","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137783778"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/erie-county/meyers-capt-house-79003923/"}