{"nrhp_refnum":"82003642","name":"Barber-Whitticar House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"519 Cleveland Ave, SW.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Canton","county":"Stark County","state":"OH","lat":40.795799876000046,"lon":-81.37778610199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-07-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Colonial Revival/Queen Anne residence at 519 Cleveland Avenue SW in Canton, Stark County, Ohio, built 1904-6 by Orrin Barber on the southwest edge of the central business district.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is the most distinguished of the few remaining Colonial Revival/Queen Anne structures in Canton. It survives from the last period before the city's elite built north and west of the commercial core. It is also tied to an extended family network, including relatives of Ida Saxton McKinley, who helped build the town.","narrative":"Built between 1904 and 1906 by Orrin Barber, this house at 519 Cleveland Avenue SW in Canton combines Colonial Revival and Queen Anne features. It has a multi-planed, gabled roofline, wall dormers, a polygonal turret, fish scale siding, Palladian-style windows and a verandah with fluted Ionic columns. Barber was part of an extended family network tied to Ida Saxton McKinley, wife of President William McKinley, and several relatives built homes nearby. The house is described as the most distinguished surviving example of Canton's Colonial Revival/Queen Anne phase, dating from before the city's wealthy residents moved north and west. By the 1920s the Whitticar family used it as a funeral home, and in the 1960s it became an art gallery. These uses are credited with protecting its character while surrounding buildings were demolished. At the time of listing it was unoccupied, with restoration hoped for by a local preservation group.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Unknown (built by Orrin Barber)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival/Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Marked unoccupied on the form. A local preservation organization held an option on it, and the owner had received city grants in 1980 and 1981 for window rehabilitation and exterior painting.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.114794-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82003642.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003642/f8188c06d1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003642/f8188c06d1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barber-Whitticar_House,_519_Cleveland_Ave,_SW,_Canton,_OH_7-23-2010_12-12-19_PM.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanfranman59</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barber-Whitticar_House,_519_Cleveland_Ave,_SW,_Canton,_OH_7-23-2010_12-12-19_PM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991436","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138684863"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/stark-county/barber-whitticar-house-82003642/"}