{"nrhp_refnum":"80003225","name":"Northeast Tiffin Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Clinton, Ohio, and Hunter Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tiffin","county":"Seneca County","state":"OH","lat":41.11954056250005,"lon":-83.16994163876402,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-05-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 15-acre residential historic district in Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio, centered on Clinton Avenue, Ohio Avenue and Hunter Street. It holds 56 houses dating from 1883 to the 1930s, plus the half-acre Stalter Park.","why_significant":"The district is argued to be significant for its late nineteenth and early twentieth-century residential architecture, especially the city's best bungalows. It is also significant for its landscaping and uniform setback, its link to real estate subdivision by local landowners, and its long association with Heidelberg College faculty and staff. It is described as an excellent local example of middle-class housing, unspoiled by insensitive alterations.","narrative":"Northeast Tiffin is a compact residential neighborhood of 56 houses on about 15 acres, laid out along Clinton Avenue, Ohio Avenue and Hunter Street. Most homes were built between 1883 and the 1930s on land once owned by Clarinda Hunter and later subdivided by Myers, Stalter, Bunn and other local landowners. David Stalter gave the half-acre park at the district's hub to the city in 1905. The housing includes brick Victorian-era houses, two-story frame homes with hipped roofs and dormers, and what is described as the city's best collection of bungalows, including 87 Clinton, which architect Charles Ernst may have designed for himself. Uniform setbacks and long rows of trees give the area a planned, subdivision-like character. Many Heidelberg College professors and staff lived here from the early twentieth century onward. The neighborhood has never had commercial or institutional activity and has seen few changes, with one ranch-style house the only obvious intrusion.","period_of_significance":"1883-1920s","architect_builder":"Charles Ernst (architect, 87 and 89 Clinton); Charles Goetz (built several Clinton Avenue houses)","architectural_style":"Bungalow, Georgian Revival, and late nineteenth-century houses with no discernible style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Marked excellent/good condition, unaltered and altered; occupied and mostly private residences, with only the park publicly owned. One modern ranch-style house at 192 Clinton is the main intrusion.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.413454-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/80003225.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991277","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/seneca-county/northeast-tiffin-historic-district-80003225/"}