{"nrhp_refnum":"79003930","name":"Old Funeral Palor","other_names":["Wolf Electric"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5596 Liberty St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Vermilion","county":"Erie County","state":"OH","lat":41.42202836800004,"lon":-82.36608410099996,"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 wood-frame building at the northeast corner of Grand and Liberty Streets in Vermilion, Erie County, Ohio, dating from the 1850s. It was originally a house and has had several later uses.","why_significant":"The inventory describes it as a major visual landmark in the community. It represents the transition from Greek Revival to Italianate architecture in commercial buildings. It also has a long history with a wide variety of uses, including a funeral parlor.","narrative":"Standing at the northeast corner of Grand and Liberty Streets on the western edge of Vermilion's business district, this two-story wood-frame building dates from the 1850s. It began as a house and later served a variety of purposes, including a funeral parlor. Its proportions are Greek Revival, while hood moulding over the windows and brackets under the eaves reflect Italianate influence. The building has a T-shaped plan, a stone foundation, a composition gable roof and a seven-bay front. Later changes include large plate glass windows on the ground floor and a wing added on the west side, and it has lost much of its residential character. It is valued as a major visual landmark in the community and as an example of the transition from Greek Revival to Italianate design in commercial architecture. It was included in the Vermilion-Harbour Town multiple resource area.","period_of_significance":"1850's","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival/Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as an electric company; exterior condition good, interior fair; ground floor altered with large plate glass windows and a west wing added.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.554431-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79003930.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003930/efe73b5df4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003930/efe73b5df4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"LeeG7144","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Funeral_Parlor.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:Old_Funeral_Parlor.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984808","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137783861"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/erie-county/old-funeral-palor-79003930/"}