{"nrhp_refnum":"80002991","name":"Building at 223 West High Street","other_names":["Opel House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"223 W. High St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ashley","county":"Delaware County","state":"OH","lat":40.40914889600003,"lon":-82.96141406299995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A wood-frame house at 223 West High Street in Ashley, Delaware County, Ohio, known as the Opel House, built in 1891. It is one of four Eastlake-style houses nominated together as a thematic group.","why_significant":"It is the earliest of four unusually ornate Eastlake houses built in Ashley between 1891 and 1901. The group is notable for its striking similarities in design and for standing out in a small town. Reviewers noted these are the only Eastlake buildings in the village.","narrative":"This wood-frame house at 223 West High Street in Ashley, Ohio, was built in 1891 and is the earliest of four closely related Eastlake houses in the village. It sits on a stone foundation under a gable roof and was originally one room deep. The three-bay facade has a gabled projection with a bay window that features colored glass insets and a pent roof. An angled window with Eastlake brackets and pendants marks the northeast corner, and a decorative porch spans two bays. Diagonal siding forms a dado, and undulating shingles cover the upper story. A large frame addition was later added at the rear, and the interior has been altered and modernized. Together with three other houses built through 1901, it forms a collection of ornate Eastlake buildings that stand out in a small town and are described as the only Eastlake buildings in the village.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Eastlake","criteria":[],"status_note":"The nomination describes the house's condition as good and altered. The interior has been modernized and a large frame addition was built at the rear.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.710604-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80002991.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002991/08cbc9ac00-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002991/08cbc9ac00-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tim Erskine","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:223_West_High_Street_-_Ashley_Ohio.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Erskine</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:223_West_High_Street_-_Ashley_Ohio.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984728","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137756434"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/delaware-county/building-at-223-west-high-street-80002991/"}