{"nrhp_refnum":"79003941","name":"Cargo Warehouse","other_names":["Gilchrist Lumber Company"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Liberty Ave., E. of Exchange St. and W. of Toledo St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Vermilion","county":"Erie County","state":"OH","lat":41.421130696000034,"lon":-82.36278641199993,"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 two-story vernacular warehouse building on the south side of Liberty Avenue between Exchange and Toledo streets in Vermilion, Erie County, Ohio, dating from about 1880. It has heavy timber construction, a stone foundation and a gable roof.","why_significant":"It was one of the buildings of the Gilchrist Lumber Company, run by a prominent Vermilion family. The company supplied building materials and milling to local contractors who built the frame Italianate houses of Vermilion.","narrative":"Built around 1880, this two-story warehouse on Liberty Avenue in Vermilion, Ohio, originally served as lumber storage for the Gilchrist Lumber Company. The building is a vernacular structure of heavy timber construction on a stone foundation, with a gable roof of asphalt shingles and a rectangular plan. The company, run by a prominent local family, provided building supplies and milling for the contractors who erected the frame Italianate houses found throughout Vermilion. That link to the town's residential growth is the main reason the warehouse is recognized. Once a plain storage building, it has been remodeled into a store, with new horizontal wood siding on the exterior and an interior opened into a two-story display space where the original wood framing members remain exposed. It sits well back from the street, facing a gravel parking lot, with a railroad line running behind it. Its condition is reported as very good inside and out.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Remodeled into an antique store; interior and exterior condition both described as very good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.606123-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79003941.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984940","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/erie-county/cargo-warehouse-79003941/"}