{"nrhp_refnum":"80002937","name":"Herrold, Thomas Jefferson, House and Store","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"234 W. Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Athens","county":"Athens County","state":"OH","lat":39.33235194700006,"lon":-82.11010665199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick Italianate house and store at 234 West Washington Street in Athens, Ohio, built in 1882 by Thomas Jefferson Herrold, with frame additions at the rear.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is the last remaining physical evidence of the Herrold family, who played a major role in the history and industry of Athens County. It is also a key commercial building in a secondary commercial neighborhood once home to a professional black community and later a night-life district.","narrative":"Built in 1882 at 234 West Washington Street in Athens, this three-story brick building combined a grocery and meat packing plant on the ground floor with the family residence on the two floors above. Thomas Jefferson Herrold, son of mill owner and entrepreneur Joseph Herrold, built it in a Victorian Italianate style adapted for commercial use. Features include a low truncated hip slate roof, ornate wooden eave brackets, long hooded windows, and a sandstone foundation. A frame shed and later additions were attached, and a neighboring brick building collapsed in 1960. The property was sold out of the family in 1908 and remained a grocery until 1957, then served briefly as a photographic studio before becoming a tavern in 1960. The Herrold family was prominent in Athens County, arriving in 1798, and this building is the last physical evidence of its influence. The surrounding neighborhood once held a professional black community and later a night-life district.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Built for Thomas Jefferson Herrold","architectural_style":"Victorian Italianate as adapted for commercial use","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a tavern since 1960; the form says the building is being restored and its condition is rated fair.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.029909-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80002937.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002937/289bf86893-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002937/289bf86893-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jaknouse","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TJHerroldHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jaknouse</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:TJHerroldHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986731","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137599579"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/athens-county/herrold-thomas-jefferson-house-and-store-80002937/"}