{"nrhp_refnum":"82003573","name":"Yellow Springs Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by RR tracks, Yellow Springs-Fairfield Rd., High and Herman Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Yellow Springs","county":"Greene County","state":"OH","lat":39.80053112600007,"lon":-83.88907503244721,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-04-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation","Entertainment/Recreation","Education","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 460.5-acre historic district covering the village core of Yellow Springs, Greene County, Ohio. It contains 332 main buildings, mostly dating from after 1840, along with the Antioch College campus buildings.","why_significant":"The district keeps the scale and much of the mid-19th-century character of a village that grew from a mineral springs resort. It developed as a commercial and transportation center after the railroad arrived, and it is closely tied to Antioch College. Its buildings show a wide range of vernacular and high-style architecture from the 1840s through the 1920s and later.","narrative":"Yellow Springs Historic District covers the older core of a Greene County, Ohio village that grew around a mineral spring. It keeps its original grid street pattern, wooded lots and low building density. The district holds 332 main buildings plus 155 outbuildings. Of the main buildings, 243 are classed as contributing features, 37 as background structures and 51 as intrusions. Most date from after 1840, and the peak of construction came between 1846 and 1856, mainly in modest brick or frame houses with Greek Revival traits. Later buildings add Italianate, Second Empire, Colonial Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival and bungalow examples, along with Antioch College halls. The oldest surviving building is the Birch House of 1842. The village began with a tavern and bathing resort at the spring in 1802, then grew as a water-cure destination and as a railroad commercial center. Antioch College, founded in this period, has remained closely tied to the village.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Eliel Saarinen (Birch Hall, 1945); Francis Hafner (Trail Tavern log section, 1843)","architectural_style":"Predominantly Greek Revival, with Late Federal, Italianate, Second Empire, Colonial Revival, Spanish Colonial Revival, Neo-Georgian, Romanesque Revival, bungalow and vernacular types","criteria":[],"status_note":"Most buildings are still used as originally intended, mostly residential. Some older houses on Xenia Avenue are now commercial. The first schoolhouse is now a residence, the Union School houses municipal offices, and the John Bryan High School is a community center. The form rates condition as good and altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.417309-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82003573.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003573/3c09edad89-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003573/3c09edad89-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:139_E._Limestone,_Yellow_Springs.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:139_E._Limestone,_Yellow_Springs.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988730","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Springs_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8051834"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/greene-county/yellow-springs-historic-district-82003573/"}