{"nrhp_refnum":"80003221","name":"Hunter, William, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"260 Riverside Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tiffin","county":"Seneca County","state":"OH","lat":41.12324708800003,"lon":-83.16990726399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-01-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, L-shaped wood frame house at 260 Riverside Drive in Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio, built in 1822 by Josiah Hedges. It is part of a group of early industrial buildings in Tiffin.","why_significant":"The house was built for Hedges' daughter and son-in-law, William Hunter, who operated Hedges' nearby grist mill. It is described as the oldest house standing in Tiffin. It has been tied to the mill's proprietors ever since, and it still draws some power from the mill's turbines.","narrative":"Built in 1822 by Josiah Hedges, the William Hunter Residence at 260 Riverside Drive is described as the oldest house standing in Tiffin. Hedges built it the same year as his grist mill across the street, and his daughter and son-in-law, William Hunter, were its first occupants. Hunter later operated and then owned the mill. The house is an L-shaped, two-story wood frame building with a gable shingled roof, a rusticated stone foundation, five bays across the front and three on the side. Its original wood siding has been covered with aluminum, but it keeps double-hung 6/6 windows, wooden shutters and a front porch with four wood pillars. The house has stayed connected to the mill: successive mill proprietors, including the Keller and Bacon families, lived there, and it still receives some power from the mill's turbines. It is in excellent condition and is part of a thematic group of Tiffin's early industrial buildings and associated residences.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Josiah Hedges (builder)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition; occupied by the mill proprietor's family, with siding altered from wood to aluminum.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.631456-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003221.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003221/fb3484d2f6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003221/fb3484d2f6-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Hunter_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_Hunter_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986160","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138673433"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/seneca-county/hunter-william-house-80003221/"}