{"nrhp_refnum":"82003654","name":"Fourth Street Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by 3rd, 5th and Cherry St. and Federal Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Massillon","county":"Stark County","state":"OH","lat":40.80119289100003,"lon":-81.51966178399994,"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 residential historic district of about thirty buildings along Fourth Street N.E. in Massillon, Stark County, Ohio, running from Federal Avenue to Cherry Street. Its buildings date from 1837 into the 1920s.","why_significant":"The buildings represent broad themes in 19th and 20th century architecture, including Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne/Eastlake, Romanesque Revival and early 20th century revival styles, in a concentration found nowhere else in Stark County. Because the street was long considered a good address, it also records the social progress and self-image of Massillon's leading citizens, including the Russell and Company reaper business associates.","narrative":"Fourth Street N.E. in Massillon, Ohio, is a broad street paved in buff, grey and black brick, lined with about thirty residential buildings, twenty-one of them considered significant. Some original wrought iron fencing, carriage steps and tethering posts survive. The houses were built over at least a century, beginning with the 1837 Hiram Wellman House, a brick Greek Revival mansion. Later examples include the Romanesque Revival Charles Steese House of 1884-5, the Italianate Nahum Russell House, Queen Anne and Eastlake houses of the 1880s, and 1920s Georgian and Greek Revival designs by architect Herman Albrecht. Cleveland architect Charles Schweinfurth designed the J. Walter McClymonds House and a remodeling of the Pocock House. Owners included leading merchants, paper makers and executives of the Russell and Company reaper and mower business. Because the street was a prestigious address from its start, the group documents both architectural fashion and the aspirations of Massillon's leading citizens, in a concentration unmatched elsewhere in Stark County.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 and 1900- (specific dates not given)","architect_builder":"Charles Schweinfurth (Cleveland); Herman Albrect/Albrecht; John Meinhart (builder of the Steese House)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne/Eastlake, Romanesque Revival, Twentieth Century Revivals, vernacular/eclectic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition marked excellent and unaltered, on its original site; occupied, with private residential use. The district contains no intrusions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.402597-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82003654.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991368","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/stark-county/fourth-street-historic-district-82003654/"}