{"nrhp_refnum":"83002009","name":"Old Tippecanoe Main Street Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"5-439 W. Main St. and 3-225 E. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tipp City","county":"Miami County","state":"OH","lat":39.961487206000044,"lon":-84.1671766361283,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-07-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A linear historic district of 88 structures along eight blocks of Main Street in Tipp City, Miami County, Ohio, mixing industrial, commercial and residential buildings dating from the 1840s to the 1930s.","why_significant":"The visible portion of the nomination presents the district as a surviving nineteenth-century canal town that adapted to community needs over time. It notes that early frame stores, usually replaced elsewhere by brick blocks, were retained here. The Section 8 statement of significance is not included in the available text, so the full argument cannot be confirmed.","narrative":"Eight blocks of Main Street in Tipp City, Ohio, make up this district of 88 buildings from the 1840s to the 1930s. The street runs west from the old Miami-Erie Canal, where a canal lock and the Tipp Roller Mill mark an industrial east end. Two blocks of commercial buildings follow, including small frame stores and residences that were kept rather than replaced by brick business blocks. Examples include Italianate and Second Empire storefronts, the 1915 Jacobethan Monroe Township Building and Chaffee's Opera Block from the 1860s. A connecting block holds a meeting hall, an 1894 church and a 1938 post office. The western four blocks are residential, with large frame homes and wide porches in Queen Anne, Four Square, Italianate and bungalow styles. Eight buildings are classed as non-contributing and four as intrusions, including a parking lot, a doctor's office, a gas station and a bank. Together the buildings show a canal town that kept adjusting to community needs.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mixed: Late Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, High Victorian Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, Romanesque Revival, Neo-Classic, Jacobethan, Four Square and bungalow","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked excellent, good and altered. Use is mixed, both occupied and unoccupied, with commercial, residential, religious and government uses. The canal lock is abandoned and the Tipp Roller Mill is being restored.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.710703-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/83002009.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990311","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/miami-county/old-tippecanoe-main-street-historic-district-83002009/"}