{"nrhp_refnum":"80002987","name":"Lambert-Parent House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"631 E. Elm St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Union City","county":"Darke County","state":"OH","lat":40.200965936000046,"lon":-84.79916872899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-05-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Italianate house with a one-story rear wing at 631 East Elm Street, Union City, Darke County, Ohio, built in 1881 for George A. Lambert on portions of three city lots.","why_significant":"It is tied to the Lambert family, important contributors to the early midwestern automotive industry. George A. Lambert ran a grain business and the Pioneer Pole and Shaft Company, and was linked to his brother John W. Lambert, whose gasoline automobile and friction-drive transmission launched the Union and Lambert cars. It is also an architectural landmark, its tall, narrow Italianate styling with incised window and cornice decoration setting it apart in the Ohio part of Union City.","narrative":"Built in 1881 for grain dealer and manufacturer George A. Lambert, this two-story brick house at 631 East Elm Street in Union City, Ohio, is a tall, narrow Italianate residence with a low hipped slate roof, deep cornice with large brackets, segmental arched windows with carved stone hoods, and matching bay windows. Porches with turned posts mark the south and east entrances. Inside, original woodwork, an oak stairway and sliding doors survive, though a 1958 alteration converted the library to a kitchen. Lambert's Pioneer Pole and Shaft Company grew into the Union Automobile Company, organized in 1902, and his brother John W. Lambert is credited by some historians with building America's first successful gasoline automobile in 1891. George Lambert sold the house in 1898 to his brother-in-law Wilder Grant Parent, and it stayed in the Parent family until 1957. The house is recognized for its link to these automotive pioneers and for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1881","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; condition listed as fair or good, with alterations including a 1958 remodeling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:11.966872-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80002987.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002987/73865e196c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002987/73865e196c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lambert-Parent_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lambert-Parent_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987987","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert-Parent_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6481216"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/darke-county/lambert-parent-house-80002987/"}