{"nrhp_refnum":"82003536","name":"Woods, Tet, Building","other_names":["Victorian Social Club"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"307 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"West Union","county":"Adams County","state":"OH","lat":38.794765280000036,"lon":-83.54776065199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-03-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story reinforced concrete commercial building at 307 Main Street in West Union, Adams County, Ohio, one block west of the Courthouse Square business district. It was built in 1914 for milliner Tet Woods.","why_significant":"The building is significant for its architecture, a late Victorian commercial design blending Neo-classical styling with Eastlake detailing that is described as unique within Adams County. Local tradition holds that Miss Tet Woods designed it herself. She was a well-regarded local businesswoman who ran a millinery business from 1881.","narrative":"Built in 1914 at 307 Main Street in West Union, this three-story commercial building was erected by Tet Woods, a local milliner in business since 1881, to house her shop and her living quarters. Local tradition says she designed it herself. The reinforced concrete structure has a full basement, faced ashlar block walls, a three-bay facade with its original plate glass storefront, cast concrete columns, and a curving recessed balcony. Inside, an open U-shaped second-floor balcony rests on composite columns decorated with rosettes, acanthus leaves and scrolls, and the third-floor apartment features Eastlake moldings, tiled fireplaces and stained glass. The original elevator shaft survives. The building was listed for its architecture: a late Victorian blend of Neo-classical and Eastlake styling that is unique in Adams County, where commercial buildings are mostly Federal and Italianate. Over time it has served as a carpet store, furniture store, fabric shop, church and pool hall.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific date 1914)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian commercial; blend of Neo-classical and Eastlake detailing","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied; the ground floor was recently rehabilitated as a bottle club and the third floor was to be finished as an office/lounge area. The west balustrade was under restoration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.012266-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82003536.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003536/c4733e949d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003536/c4733e949d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Christopher L. Riley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tet_Woods_Building_%E2%80%94_West_Union,_Ohio.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Christopher L. Riley</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tet_Woods_Building_%E2%80%94_West_Union,_Ohio.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986566","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137593247"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/adams-county/woods-tet-building-82003536/"}