{"nrhp_refnum":"82003661","name":"Reeves, Jeremiah, House and Carriage House","other_names":["Dover Historical Musuem"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"325 E. Iron Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dover","county":"Tuscarawas County","state":"OH","lat":40.515861261000055,"lon":-81.46255861399999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-07-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A house and a separate carriage house at 325 East Iron Avenue in Dover, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The house was adapted in 1897-1901 from an 1878 building, and the carriage house was built in 1902, both by builder James Rees for industrialist Jeremiah Reeves.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the buildings are significant examples of the architectural eclecticism practiced by turn-of-the-century builder-craftsmen. They also show the elaborate display sought by self-made small-town Ohio elites. The house reworks an earlier structure by mixing several styles, while the carriage house is described as entirely Rees's own design.","narrative":"At 325 East Iron Avenue in Dover, Ohio, a house and carriage house record the ambitions of a successful local industrialist. Jeremiah Reeves, an English-born boiler maker who bought the failing Dover Rolling Mill in 1883 and went on to railroading, banking and real estate, acquired an 1878 house in 1897. His brother-in-law, builder James Rees, reworked it into a mix of Queen Anne, Italianate, Second Empire and Romanesque styles. The painted brick house has a square tower with a domed roof, Romanesque arched windows, a curved veranda and a porte-cochere. Rees designed the 1902 carriage house, which repeats the tower-and-arch theme with paired polygonal bays, castellated elements and brick corbelling. The buildings were listed as local examples of turn-of-the-century eclectic design and of the display favored by rising small-town Ohio elites. The property is now used as the Dover Historical Museum and sits on 1.88 acres.","period_of_significance":"1897-1901, 1902","architect_builder":"James Rees","architectural_style":"Eclectic: Queen Anne, Italianate, Second Empire and Romanesque elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Now operated as the Dover Historical Museum; condition listed as excellent and unaltered, on its original site. The form checks both occupied and unoccupied.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:11.996846-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82003661.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003661/83be1c1c15-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003661/83be1c1c15-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Roseohioresident","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jeremiah_Reeves_Home_Dover_OH_2010_09_03.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Roseohioresident</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jeremiah_Reeves_Home_Dover_OH_2010_09_03.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991756","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah_Reeves_House_and_Carriage_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6180960"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/tuscarawas-county/reeves-jeremiah-house-and-carriage-house-82003661/"}