{"nrhp_refnum":"80003098","name":"Bell, C.S., Foundry and Showroom","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"154-158 W. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hillsboro","county":"Highland County","state":"OH","lat":39.20340515450005,"lon":-83.61504572322593,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-11-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Invention"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rectangular brick 2½-story commercial/industrial building at 154-158 West Main Street in Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio, one block west of the county courthouse. The rear section dates to about 1866 and the facade to 1892.","why_significant":"The building is part of the C.S. Bell Thematic Group, tied to a prominent local inventor and manufacturer. Reviewers noted its strong associations with Bell and its architectural significance. The 1892 facade remodeling and the little-altered interior of the earlier rear section contribute to that significance.","narrative":"Located in Hillsboro's central business district, one block west of the Highland County Courthouse, this rectangular brick building combines two construction periods. The rear portion, built about 1866, is laid in common bond with star tie-rods, a gable roof and 6/6 double-hung windows with arched brick lintels and stone sills. Its interior has changed little, with open wood-floored spaces, braced vertical beams and exposed rafters, purlins and joists, now used for storage. In 1892 the front was substantially remodeled. A three-bay Federal-style facade with a gable roof and simple storefront gave way to a five-bay glazed brick front with cast-iron storefront columns, round-arched mullioned second-story windows, a corbelled cornice with finials, and a central pediment bearing the date 1892. Painted red ceramic tiles accent the cornice. The building was grouped with other properties linked to C.S. Bell, a local inventor and manufacturer, and was recognized for those associations and its architecture.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal original facade (ca. 1866), replaced by an 1892 commercial facade with a built-up pent roof","criteria":[],"status_note":"Rear interior areas are used for storage; one storefront has a modern aluminum skin added and the other is unchanged.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.540051-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003098.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003098/7bb11efbe2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003098/7bb11efbe2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Aesopposea","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HillsboroOhio1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Aesopposea</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:HillsboroOhio1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985500","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138359833"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/highland-county/bell-c-s-foundry-and-showroom-80003098/"}