{"nrhp_refnum":"82003651","name":"Schuffenecker, August Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"134 6th St. SW","address_restricted":false,"city":"Canton","county":"Stark County","state":"OH","lat":40.79490465600003,"lon":-81.37606222599999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-09-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rectangular, three-story multi-family residential building of yellow brick with sandstone and terra-cotta detailing, at 134 Sixth St. SW in downtown Canton, Stark County, Ohio, built in 1905.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as an example of multi-family architecture from Canton's 1900-1920 boom period. It also reflects the economic rise of immigrant groups, represented by German-born builder August Schuffenecker. It is one of the few structures remaining around a cleared downtown area, and it is the single surviving one of two identical twin flats.","narrative":"Built in 1905 at 134 Sixth Street SW in Canton, Ohio, this three-story apartment building is a former \"twin flat\" constructed for August Schuffenecker, a German-born butcher who later moved into real estate development. It is faced in hard yellow brick with sandstone and terra-cotta trim, including a bracketed cornice, stone quoins, and a row of arcaded stone window heads across the top story. A terra-cotta arched entry with foliated pilasters and two wreaths adds classical character to an otherwise practical building. Schuffenecker arrived in Canton in 1882 and opened his meat market in 1892, then bought a full city block in 1903 and built the paired flats beside his house. Canton's population grew from nearly 31,000 to over 87,000 between 1900 and 1920, and the business district spread south and west into earlier residential areas. The building is the lone surviving twin flat and one of few structures left near a large cleared downtown area.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"J. M. Bostick","architectural_style":"Late Renaissance Revival in feeling, with Neo-Classical elements","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed in good condition and marked unaltered on its original site; the form checks both occupied and unoccupied status, with work in progress, and a private residence use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.808489-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82003651.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003651/6a7ef1def6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003651/6a7ef1def6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:August_Schuffenecker_Building,_134_6th_St._SW,_Canton,_OH_7-23-2010_11-55-49_AM.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:August_Schuffenecker_Building,_134_6th_St._SW,_Canton,_OH_7-23-2010_11-55-49_AM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991394","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138685017"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/stark-county/schuffenecker-august-building-82003651/"}