{"nrhp_refnum":"80003102","name":"Pomerene House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"U.S. 62","address_restricted":false,"city":"Berlin","county":"Holmes County","state":"OH","lat":40.561348287000044,"lon":-81.79480643999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-10-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Italianate wood frame residence on U.S. Route 62 near the center of Berlin, Holmes County, Ohio, built in 1879 by Dr. Peter P. Pomerene after fire damaged his earlier house on the site.","why_significant":"The house is mainly significant for its long association with U.S. Senator Atlee Pomerene, who grew up here and visited often during his political career. It is the only surviving residence in Holmes County tied to his life. Its architecture is of secondary importance, as Berlin's largest and most distinctive Italianate house.","narrative":"Built in 1879 in the village of Berlin, Holmes County, Ohio, this two-story wood frame house sits on a sandstone foundation and is a local example of Italianate design. Its features include a heavy bracketed cornice, tall segmental-arched windows with wood hood moldings, and a central hall with a carved open stairway. Parlors have marble fireplaces, two of them set diagonally in corners and sharing one chimney. Dr. Peter P. Pomerene, a physician practicing in Berlin since 1855, supervised construction after fire damaged his earlier residence on the site. His son Atlee Pomerene grew up in the family home, became a U.S. Senator, helped investigate the Teapot Dome scandals, and was Ohio's favorite son candidate at the 1928 Democratic convention. This is the only surviving Holmes County residence connected with him. At the time of nomination the house held apartments, while a preservation committee worked to restore its original look and open a museum.","period_of_significance":"1879","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Divided into apartments at the time of nomination; restoration was underway to return the exterior to its original appearance and create a museum in the first-floor parlors.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.162837-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003102.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003102/240e7396e5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003102/240e7396e5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Chris Light (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pomerene_Hst_P9020151.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Light (talk)</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:Pomerene_Hst_P9020151.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989401","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomerene_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29640474"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/holmes-county/pomerene-house-80003102/"}