{"nrhp_refnum":"80003223","name":"Mueller, Christ, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"140-142 Riverside Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tiffin","county":"Seneca County","state":"OH","lat":41.11968033100004,"lon":-83.17276741699999,"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 brick house at 140-142 Riverside Drive in Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio, built about 1854 by brewer Christ Mueller. It is one of thirteen properties in the Industrial Buildings of Tiffin thematic group.","why_significant":"The house is tied to Tiffin's early brewing industry, built about the same time as the neighboring Mueller Brewery. It later housed members of the Grummel family, who took over the brewery in the late 1880s and worked there. Its changing uses over time reflect the area's industrial and commercial development.","narrative":"This two-story brick house on Riverside Drive in Tiffin was built about 1854 by Christ Mueller, probably at the same time as his nearby brewery or shortly afterward. It has a truncated hip shingled roof, common bond brick walls, an ashlar stone foundation, and a two-story front porch with four fluted wood columns. Inside, a carved wood staircase rises to the second floor. Mueller lived here until 1885, when much of his land, including the house, passed to Philip Grummel at a sheriff's sale. Grummel family members who worked at the brewery, including a bookkeeper, lived in the house until about 1915, when boarders first appear in records. Part of the building has served as apartments since then, and it has also housed a coal and building materials firm and, later, law and credit offices. Additions and alterations have changed its shape, but the house remains in fair condition and documents the homes tied to Tiffin's brewing trade.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Christ Mueller (builder)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in fair condition, with additions and alterations; part of the building has been used as apartments and part as law and credit association offices.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.161783-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003223.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003223/47b9e98bdd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003223/47b9e98bdd-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christ_Mueller_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christ_Mueller_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986164","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138678719"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/seneca-county/mueller-christ-house-80003223/"}