{"nrhp_refnum":"83002007","name":"Swetland House","other_names":["London Community Art Center"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"147 E. High St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"London","county":"Madison County","state":"OH","lat":39.88935745900005,"lon":-83.44400782899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-01-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-story, three-bay Italianate brick residence at 147 East High Street in London, Ohio, built in 1871 for Jeriah Swetland and now used as a community art center.","why_significant":"The nomination ties the house to Jeriah Swetland, a prominent local businessman who developed the Swetland residential addition southeast of downtown. It also argues the house is a fine, well-preserved example of high-style Italianate architecture, one of the few remaining that are not on Main Street.","narrative":"Built in 1871 on a slight rise on East High Street in London, Ohio, this red brick Italianate house has fourteen rooms, two and a half stories and three bays. It was built for Jeriah Swetland, who settled in London in 1856, prospered in a partnership with his brother-in-law, and later developed the Swetland residential addition southeast of downtown. Pressed metal hoodmolds over segmental arch windows, a bracketed cornice with fretwork, a hipped roof with iron cresting and a long south porch give the exterior its character. Inside, a dark oak stairway and four cast iron fireplaces stand out against otherwise plain finishes. The house was divided into apartments between 1933 and the early 1970s, then rehabilitated, and it now serves as a community arts center. It was listed because it is one of the few surviving high-style Italianate homes in London away from Main Street, and because it recalls a influential local businessman.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and used as a community arts center; rehabilitated after being divided into four apartments between 1933 and the early 1970s, with the exterior returned to its 19th century appearance.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.101643-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/83002007.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83002007/4f21cebd88-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83002007/4f21cebd88-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Swetland_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Swetland_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990065","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swetland_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7655937"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/madison-county/swetland-house-83002007/"}