{"nrhp_refnum":"79003931","name":"St. Mary Parish Hall","other_names":["Old Depot"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Exchnage St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Vermilion","county":"Erie County","state":"OH","lat":41.420725710000056,"lon":-82.36351988199993,"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 former railroad depot in Vermilion, Erie County, Ohio, built in 1853 in Gothic Revival style. It sits behind St. Mary Church where Exchange Street meets the railroad tracks and now serves as a church social hall.","why_significant":"The inventory describes it as a rare example of pre-Civil War railroad architecture in Ohio. It retains typical depot features such as a broad bracketed overhang, board and batten siding, original windows and label lintels. Only limited remodeling was done to convert it to a social hall.","narrative":"Built in 1853 as a railroad depot, this small frame building in Vermilion, Ohio, now serves as the social hall for St. Mary Church. It stands behind the church, between the Conrail tracks and a parking lot next to Victory Park, at the point where Exchange Street ends. The one-story rectangular structure has a sandstone foundation, board and batten walls, and a gable roof covered in asphalt shingles. Its broad bracketed overhang, vertical siding, original windows and label lintels are typical of railroad depots of its period. Conversion to a social hall required only limited remodeling: the office with the original ticket window became a kitchen, and the doors on the track side were replaced with windows. The building was recorded as a rare example of pre-Civil War railroad architecture in Ohio, and that rarity is the main reason for its recognition. Its condition was recorded as good, inside and out.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Now used as a church social hall; interior and exterior condition listed as good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.165646-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79003931.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003931/14c7555246-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003931/14c7555246-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"LeeG7144","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Nickel_Plate_RR_Depot.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_Nickel_Plate_RR_Depot.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984810","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137783867"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/erie-county/st-mary-parish-hall-79003931/"}