{"nrhp_refnum":"82003655","name":"Massillon Cemetery Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1827 Erie St. S.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Massillon","county":"Stark County","state":"OH","lat":40.77634980500005,"lon":-81.51508378799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-03-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A stone cemetery office and superintendent's residence at 1827 Erie Street South in Massillon, Stark County, Ohio, built in 1879 at the entrance to Massillon Cemetery. The architect and builder are unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building blends reinterpreted Romanesque Revival public-building elements with Richardsonian Romanesque features seen in Massillon houses. Its porches reinterpret the paired towers of a typical Romanesque building, and its pointed arches give it a more spiritual, Gothic feel. The reviewer called it a fine example of the style with a high degree of integrity, and recommended Criterion C.","narrative":"Built in 1879 at the entrance to Massillon Cemetery, this cruciform stone building served as the cemetery office, chapel, board room and superintendent's apartment. It replaced a small cottage office that was later moved across the street. The walls are rock-faced ashlar, once buff but now darkened by soot, under a slate roof with gables, parapets and a trefoil carving. Pointed-arch windows with rose-tinted glass and two porches with metal columns mark the corner entries. The porches act as a reduced version of the paired towers found on typical Romanesque Revival public buildings, while the deep-set windows and rough stonework echo Richardsonian Romanesque houses elsewhere in Massillon. The pointed arches give it a Gothic, more spiritual character suited to a cemetery. The architect is unrecorded, though the design fee was $125. The cemetery also holds the grave of General Jacob Coxey, organizer of Coxey's Army. Interior changes have been modest, and the exterior remains largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date 1879)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival with Richardsonian Romanesque elements","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed in good condition, occupied and in use as a cemetery office and residence. The form notes some interior changes, such as lowered ceilings and a new entrance, but no major exterior changes.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.527752-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82003655.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003655/49d2c05a15-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003655/49d2c05a15-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Massillon_Cemetery_Building_(Massillon,_OH).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:Massillon_Cemetery_Building_(Massillon,_OH).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991370","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138685512"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/stark-county/massillon-cemetery-building-82003655/"}