{"nrhp_refnum":"80003166","name":"Hollister-Parry House","other_names":["Parry Museum"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"217 Eastern Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Woodsfield","county":"Monroe County","state":"OH","lat":39.76127497200008,"lon":-81.11213485199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-04-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Italianate-style house at 217 Eastern Avenue in Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio, built in 1858-1859 for attorney Nathan Hollister and now used as a house museum.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for the outstanding scale and character of its architecture against the modest vernacular buildings of Woodsfield. It combines elements of Renaissance Revival and Italian Villa styles, including a block-like form, bracketed cornice and wood siding simulating rusticated ashlar stone with quoins. It was considered a splendid residence when built.","narrative":"Built in 1858-1859 at 217 Eastern Avenue in Woodsfield, Ohio, this Italianate house was the home of Nathan Hollister, a prominent attorney. Contemporaries considered it a splendid residence. It has an ell-shaped plan, a hipped roof with chimneys set on the slopes, and two flat-roofed porticos with bracketed cornices on square pillars. Its wood siding is shaped to imitate rusticated ashlar stone, finished with prominent quoins. The windows are restrained in ornament and the roof pitch is not steep, which gives the house a block-like look drawn from Renaissance Revival and Italian Villa styles. Its scale and character stand out in a village where modest vernacular buildings predominate. Dr. J. R. Parry, a local physician, bought the house in 1889, and his family kept it until 1974. Minor changes in 1900 involved heating and plumbing. A regional cheese house from a nearby farm was added to the rear porch. It now serves as a house museum on about four acres.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1859)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate, with Renaissance Revival and Italian Villa elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"In excellent condition inside and outside; used as a house museum and headquarters of the Monroe County Historical Society.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:11.971394-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003166.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003166/2816d575b3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003166/2816d575b3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Bwsmith84","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hollister_Parry_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bwsmith84</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hollister_Parry_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990350","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollister-Parry_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14716454"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/monroe-county/hollister-parry-house-80003166/"}