{"nrhp_refnum":"79003944","name":"Pelton House","other_names":["Fischer Funeral Home"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5345 South St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Vermilion","county":"Erie County","state":"OH","lat":41.41856669300006,"lon":-82.36100969499995,"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 house on the south side of South Street between Toledo and Sandusky streets in Vermilion, Ohio, built circa 1860, now used as a funeral home.","why_significant":"The inventory form describes it as one of Vermilion's larger and finer older houses, once the home of a prominent businessman named Pelton. It is noted for an interesting mixture of Greek Revival forms with Italianate details. It was included in the Vermilion-Harbour Town Multiple Resource Area.","narrative":"Built around 1860 on South Street in Vermilion, this two-story wood-frame house began as a residence and later became a funeral home. It has a stone foundation, a gable roof with asphalt shingles, wood cornices, and a nine-bay front. The central portion is original, while the two side wings are fairly recent additions. The cornices and other detailing suggest Greek Revival design, but the proportions are more Italianate, producing an interesting blend of the two styles. The interior was remodeled when the building was converted to a funeral parlor. The house was once the home of a prominent businessman named Pelton, and it is regarded as one of Vermilion's larger and finer older houses. It sits on a spacious lot with ornamental shrubbery and shade trees. It was listed as part of a group of Vermilion properties, recognized for its architecture and its place in the town's older residential stock.","period_of_significance":"circa 1860","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival-Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a funeral parlor; interior remodeled for that use; condition listed as good to 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 02:53:12.638601-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/79003944.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003944/d309c54fc0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003944/d309c54fc0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"LeeG7144","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pelton_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:Pelton_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984828","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137784300"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/erie-county/pelton-house-79003944/"}