{"nrhp_refnum":"82001452","name":"Wadsworth, James, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"519 Huron Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sandusky","county":"Erie County","state":"OH","lat":41.453263252000056,"lon":-82.70475018099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-10-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Romanesque Revival house at 519 Huron Avenue in Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio, built in 1849-1850 on a cut limestone foundation. It was originally a dwelling and now holds apartments.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its fine architecture, though it is now neglected. It was the first house on its block, and several prominent Sandusky residents lived there over the generations, including a city councilman, a wholesale grocer, a plumber and school board member, and a railroad engineer.","narrative":"Built in 1849-1850 at 519 Huron Avenue in Sandusky, this two-story brick house is an example of Romanesque Revival design. It has a squared roofline with brackets, paired round-topped windows trimmed in stone that extends under the sills, and a front door set in a rounded stone arch. A stone water table and stone steps mark the front, though the keystone of the door arch is missing, and a front basement window has been turned into a door. Several older additions stand at the rear. The house was the first on its block and remains the largest among smaller houses, with Route 6 passing its front door. Over the years it was home to prominent Sandusky residents, among them a city councilman, a wholesale grocer, a plumber who served on the Board of Education, and a Lake Shore Railroad engineer. It is now divided into apartments, and its exterior condition is described as fair, with neglect noted as a threat.","period_of_significance":"1849-1850","architect_builder":"Architect E. Setherson; builder Hancock","architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Present use is apartments; exterior condition is fair, and the form says the house is endangered by neglect. Several old additions are at the rear.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.94268-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82001452.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001452/01b5108652-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001452/01b5108652-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Wadsworth_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:James_Wadsworth_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984914","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137782406"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/erie-county/wadsworth-james-house-82001452/"}