{"nrhp_refnum":"80003101","name":"Logan City Hall","other_names":["Bowen House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"101 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Logan","county":"Hocking County","state":"OH","lat":39.53971371100005,"lon":-82.40642041899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-02-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Logan City Hall (also called the Bowen House) is a two-story painted brick building at 101 E. Main Street in Logan, Hocking County, Ohio, built in 1853 as a residence and office and later converted to municipal use.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an example of a distinctive Ohio architectural type, with a full classical pediment and three-part entablature. It is also one of the few buildings remaining from Logan's earlier canal era, in a town whose surviving buildings are mostly Italianate and Queen Anne. It is also significant for its long community use as municipal offices and library.","narrative":"Built in 1853 at 101 E. Main Street in Logan, Ohio, this two-story white-painted brick building began as a home and office for Dr. Edgar T. Brown, son-in-law of the town's first physician. It has a rectangular plan, a slate gabled roof with a triangular pediment, a box cornice and architrave, stone lintels, and a paneled Mulberry Street entrance. Charles Bowen, a banker and long-serving city treasurer, acquired it in 1873, and the village council bought it in 1881 for municipal offices. The village library occupied it from 1883 until 1962, when the second floor was declared unsafe. Logan grew after the Hocking Canal arrived in 1840 and the railroads in 1868, so most surviving downtown buildings are Italianate or Queen Anne. This earlier classical building is a rare reminder of the canal era, and it remains in use for city government offices and council chambers.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival-influenced house with classical pediment and three-part entablature (described in review notes as a 1850s Greek-styled residence)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in use as city government offices, including the mayor, service director, water and sewer department, auditor and council chambers; condition listed as good and altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:13.017674-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003101.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003101/048ad04bd8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003101/048ad04bd8-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Logan_City_Hall,_western_and_southern_sides.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Logan_City_Hall,_western_and_southern_sides.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"10000192","name":"Logan Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/logan-historic-district-10000192/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989373","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123358180"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hocking-county/logan-city-hall-80003101/"}