{"nrhp_refnum":"80003121","name":"Ingersoll, Cyrus J., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"249 W. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Madison","county":"Lake County","state":"OH","lat":41.77069802900007,"lon":-81.05299737099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-10-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small one-and-a-half-story brick Greek Revival house at 249 West Main Street in Madison, Lake County, Ohio, built around 1850. It has an ell plan and a gable roof.","why_significant":"It is one of the few small brick houses in a village whose buildings are mostly wooden, and it shows Greek Revival detailing. It is also tied to local history through Cyrus Ingersoll's marriage to the daughter of an early settler and tannery operator, and an old photo suggests it may once have served as the Methodist parsonage.","narrative":"Built around 1850, this one-and-a-half-story brick house at 249 West Main Street in Madison, Ohio, reflects the Greek Revival style on a modest scale. Features include a wide frieze and cornice and a doorway with a plain lintel and sidelights. The plan is an ell, with the east wing matching the height of the front block, and a brick bearing wall forms the main interior partition. The walls are common brick over a rubble stone foundation, under a shingled gable roof. A modern front porch has been added, and the windows now hold single-pane sashes of unknown date. The house matters mainly because few small brick houses stand in a village of largely wooden buildings. Local records link it to Cyrus Ingersoll, who married Ellen Wood, daughter of early settler Elisha Wood, a tannery operator in the village. An early photograph suggests the house may once have served as the Methodist parsonage. It sits close to the street on a narrow lot of less than one acre.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as a residence; interior and exterior condition described as good. The front porch is a modern, easily reversible addition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.368696-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003121.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003121/83be90c580-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003121/83be90c580-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"LeeG7144","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:249_W_Main_St.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">LeeG7144</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:249_W_Main_St.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985630","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138447691"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lake-county/ingersoll-cyrus-j-house-80003121/"}