{"nrhp_refnum":"80002962","name":"Eckis, Nicholas, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"High St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"East Fairfield","county":"Columbiana County","state":"OH","lat":40.82251241900008,"lon":-80.63562673199993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-01-03","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, five-bay brick house with a central entrance and a single-story rear wing, on High Street in East Fairfield, Columbiana County, Ohio. It was built between 1833 and 1835 for Nicholas Eckis.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house embodies early 19th-century Ohio architecture through its symmetrical proportions, paired end-wall chimneys and cyma-curved brick water table and cornice. It is also the last intact representative of East Fairfield, once an important post town. Only four antebellum buildings remain in the village, and only this one keeps enough integrity to qualify.","narrative":"Built between 1833 and 1835 for Nicholas Eckis, a merchant active in northern Columbiana County, this two-story brick house on High Street in East Fairfield, Ohio, has five bays, a central entrance and a single-story rear wing. Stone lintels and sills frame the windows, paired chimneys rise from the end walls, and a curved brick water table and cornice give the plain facade restrained detail. Inside, a central hall is flanked by two rooms on each side, with paneled cupboards beside several fireplaces. The house represents early Ohio building traditions, but its local importance is greater. East Fairfield, founded in 1803, was a trading post town on roads from western Pennsylvania until the railroads arrived in the 1850s. Only four antebellum buildings survive there, and this is the only one with enough integrity to qualify. A 1972 road realignment destroyed six village houses. After the Civil War the house apparently served as the community post office.","period_of_significance":"1833-1835","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early 19th-century Ohio architecture (center hall plan brick house)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and used as a private residence; condition marked good, with the site original and some alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.37065-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80002962.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002962/db3ab6564d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002962/db3ab6564d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nicholas_Eckis_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nicholas_Eckis_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987220","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Eckis_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7025338"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/columbiana-county/eckis-nicholas-house-80002962/"}