{"nrhp_refnum":"83001989","name":"Smart Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4143-4145 Erie St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Willoughby","county":"Lake County","state":"OH","lat":41.639560697000036,"lon":-81.40662666499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story rust-red brick commercial block at 4143/5 Erie Street in Willoughby, Lake County, Ohio, built in 1885 by Samuel Welch Smart.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant as a monument to the combination of commerce and public service in the Smart and Wilson families, who spanned four generations and 130 years of Lake County history. It housed the Bank of Willoughby for a generation. It also stands at a prominent entry point to the town's commercial district.","narrative":"Standing at the five-cornered junction at the entrance to downtown Willoughby, Ohio, this two-story commercial block was built in 1885 by banker and merchant Samuel Welch Smart. It is faced in rust-red stretcher-bond brick, with a parapet, molded brick coping, dentil courses and tall arcaded windows on the west and south facades. The upper floor originally held offices and a Masonic Hall. The original storefront was lost in a 1978 remodeling, and a recent fire and vandalism left the building boarded up. Its owner has begun removing later additions and plans a restoration. The building housed the Bank of Willoughby and is the only commercial structure the Smart family built downtown. The Smart and Wilson families produced mayors, bankers, merchants and a county commissioner over four generations. Its position at the town's entry makes it important to the commercial district's revival.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown (builder was Samuel Welch Smart per the narrative; form lists builder/architect as unknown)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Boarded up temporarily after a recent fire and vandalism; the owner has begun reconstruction and plans interior rehabilitation and storefront restoration.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.793482-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/83001989.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001989/0fc936beb4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001989/0fc936beb4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"LeeG7144","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Smart_Building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">LeeG7144</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:Smart_Building.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"95001362","name":"Downtown Willoughy Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/downtown-willoughy-historic-district-95001362/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989613","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138457060"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lake-county/smart-building-83001989/"}