{"nrhp_refnum":"82001355","name":"Union Block","other_names":["Beltone-Sportsmans Grill-Anthony Bros.-Unoccupied"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"28-38 Public Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lima","county":"Allen County","state":"OH","lat":40.73972177500008,"lon":-84.10478813699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick Victorian commercial building at 28-38 Public Square in Lima, Allen County, Ohio, dated to 1878 (pre-1880). It sits at the corner of Public Square and Market Street.","why_significant":"The review comments call it an outstanding example of Victorian commercial architecture from one of the early periods of development that shaped the city's commercial center around the public square. The inventory also notes its original cast iron railing and stair on the north side. The site was earlier occupied by the first hotel in Lima.","narrative":"Union Block is a three-story brick commercial building at 28-38 Public Square in Lima, Ohio, dated to 1878. It occupies a prominent corner where Market Street meets the square, in the heart of downtown. The load-bearing brick walls have stone trim, iron posts on the first floor, arched windows with decorated lintels and radiating voussoirs, and a large projecting cast iron eave with brackets. Storefronts line the Market Street side, and an original cast iron railing and stair survive on the north side. Separate owners have treated the Public Square facade differently, while the Market Street side remains close to original. The building appears in an 1880 atlas and stands on the site of Lima's first hotel, run by the city's second white settler in 1831. It was listed as an outstanding example of Victorian commercial architecture from an early period of growth around the public square.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Victorian Commercial","criteria":[],"status_note":"Inventory lists interior and exterior condition as fair; the present-name field includes \"Unoccupied\" alongside former tenant names, and the owner of one section was interested in converting upper floors to apartments.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.828759-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82001355.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001355/9dbf3b268f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001355/9dbf3b268f-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Union_Block_in_Lima,_front.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Union_Block_in_Lima,_front.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984431","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Block_(Lima,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7885428"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/allen-county/union-block-82001355/"}