{"nrhp_refnum":"82003663","name":"Bredeick-Lang House","other_names":["James O. Lang House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"508 W. 2nd St","address_restricted":false,"city":"Delphos","county":"Van Wert County","state":"OH","lat":40.84404260700006,"lon":-84.34510498699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-04-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story white brick residence at 508 W. Second Street in Delphos, Van Wert County, Ohio, built 1859-1861 for Mary Bredeick on two lots in Bredeick's Addition.","why_significant":"The house is presented as an excellent example of early Italian Villa architecture, a style rare in mid-western Ohio. It is also one of the oldest and finest residences in Delphos, a canal-era German Catholic town. It is historically tied to the Bredeick and Lang families, who were important in the town's development.","narrative":"This two-story white brick house at 508 West Second Street in Delphos, Ohio, was built between 1859 and 1861 for Mary Bredeick. It sits on two lots in Bredeick's Addition, west of the canal, behind century-old evergreens and a spacious yard. Its most striking feature is a one-story arcaded corner loggia wrapping the south facade and part of the east side, topped by a flat roof with an iron-balustraded deck. Windows share stone enframements with foliated entablatures, paired brackets and a modillioned cornice. The house is valued as an excellent and unusual example of the Italian Villa style in mid-western Ohio. It is also one of the oldest and finest homes in Delphos, a German Catholic canal town founded by the Bredeick brothers, who platted the settlements in 1845. Mary Bredeick's sister Amelia married George O. Lang, a mill and stave company proprietor, and the house passed to the Lang family. Its interior and exterior remain largely original.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific dates 1859-1861)","architect_builder":"Unknown; built for Mary Bredeick","architectural_style":"Italian Villa","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition, unaltered, on its original site, and occupied as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:12.393492-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/82003663.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003663/ae88d0c7bb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003663/ae88d0c7bb-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bredeick-Lang_House_from_south-southeast.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bredeick-Lang_House_from_south-southeast.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991792","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bredeick%E2%80%93Lang_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4960126"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/van-wert-county/bredeick-lang-house-82003663/"}