{"nrhp_refnum":"82001483","name":"Fairmont Avenue Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Fairmont Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Zanesville","county":"Muskingum County","state":"OH","lat":39.95855967500006,"lon":-82.01294920901475,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A residential historic district of 33 two- and three-story detached homes along Fairmont Avenue on the north side of Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, platted in 1904 as part of the North Terrace Addition and built between 1905 and 1939.","why_significant":"The district is nominated for its architecture and for its links to people important to Zanesville's commercial and industrial life in the early twentieth century. It is a well-maintained, cohesive neighborhood showing the tastes of the city's business elite in a mix of revival styles. It also represents the work of local architects and master builders, and early building and setback restrictions shaped its consistent character.","narrative":"Fairmont Avenue in north Zanesville is a street of 33 detached two- and three-story houses, laid out in 1904 by real estate developer W. Hunter Atha as the most prestigious street of his North Terrace Addition. Atha named it for his West Virginia hometown and imposed unusual restrictions for the time: a 30-foot setback for houses, a 20-foot setback for porches, two stories in height and at least six rooms. Houses went up from 1905 until the last was built in 1939. Early residents included physicians, dentists, merchants, manufacturers and a railroad surgeon. The street shows Colonial, Georgian, Neo-Classical and Tudor Revival designs, some by local architects John Schooley and Harry C. Meyer and built by Alva Vinsel, Mark Moore and the Dunzweiler Brothers. One 1905 house is noted for early use of concrete block. The district has kept its character, with no houses razed and no intrusive new construction.","period_of_significance":"1905-1939","architect_builder":"Architects Harry C. Meyer and John Schooley; builders Alva A. Vinsel, Mark Moore, Howard Handshy and the Dunzweiler Brothers","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival, Neo-Classical Revival and Tudor Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as extremely well maintained, with no houses razed in its 75-year history; the condition is marked excellent and altered, and the use is private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.80164-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82001483.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"07000025","name":"Muskingum River Navigation Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/muskingum-river-navigation-historic-district-07000025/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990662","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/muskingum-county/fairmont-avenue-historic-district-82001483/"}