{"nrhp_refnum":"79003933","name":"Old Harbour Store","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Liberty Ave., W. of Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Vermilion","county":"Erie County","state":"OH","lat":41.42198972700004,"lon":-82.36554478099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-11-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, wood-frame commercial building on the north side of Liberty Avenue in Vermilion, Erie County, Ohio, the fourth building west of Main Street, dated to 1847.","why_significant":"The inventory form describes it as a well preserved example of early nineteenth century commercial architecture. Most similar buildings were replaced in the wave of new construction after the Civil War. It also forms part of a group of historic buildings in Vermilion's commercial core.","narrative":"Built in 1847, this one-story wood-frame store sits on the north side of Liberty Avenue in Vermilion, Ohio, the fourth building west of Main Street. Its clapboard false front, reminiscent of a Western town, hides a gable roof covered in asphalt shingles. Large plate glass windows open the storefront below, and a simple cornice crowns the facade. The building rests on a stone foundation, has a basement, and has been restored. Over the years it housed a doctor's office, drugstore, grocery, bicycle shop, dentist's office, pool hall, and mayor's office. It was listed because it is a well preserved example of early nineteenth century commercial architecture, a type largely replaced by new construction after the Civil War. Together with the neighboring barber shop and Hart's Drug Store, it forms an attractive group of historic buildings in the heart of Vermilion's commercial area, and it remains in use as a store.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate-Vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored; interior condition good and exterior very good; still used as a store.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.990883-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79003933.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003933/78b1c9bbac-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003933/78b1c9bbac-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"LeeG7144","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harbour_Town_Store.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:Harbour_Town_Store.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984936","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137783922"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/erie-county/old-harbour-store-79003933/"}