{"nrhp_refnum":"83002034","name":"Kern, Rufus A., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"608 Park Ave., W.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mansfield","county":"Richland County","state":"OH","lat":40.75932987600004,"lon":-82.53725952699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-07-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story stucco residence at 608 Park Avenue West in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, built around 1910 in the Prairie Style. It is part of the Park Avenue West multiple resource group.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it Mansfield's only full-fledged example of Prairie Style architecture, with a completeness of design considered unique in the county and perhaps the region. It is probably a builder's version of the style rather than the work of a known master. A reviewer described it as a fine regional example of a Prairie School residence.","narrative":"Built around 1910 at 608 Park Avenue West in Mansfield, this two-story stucco house is the city's only full-fledged example of Prairie Style architecture. It has a rectangular plan, a shallow hip roof of Spanish tile with broad overhanging eaves, and horizontal bands of brick that contrast with the stucco walls. A large entrance porch is carried on massive columns decorated with geometric brick patterns, and windows are grouped in wide horizontal bands. Inside, heavy oak woodwork follows a Mission or early Arts and Crafts manner, with leaded and stained glass in the window openings. No known master of the style is linked to the design, so it is probably a builder's interpretation. Rufus A. Kern, treasurer of the Rigby Cigar Company, lived here in 1924. The house was listed because it shows the Prairie Style so completely in a town that generally favored traditional designs, and because it is one of very few stucco houses along the street.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Prairie Style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition inside and out, and still used as a residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.98812-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/83002034.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83002034/9335443325-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83002034/9335443325-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:608_PAW_Kern_Mansfield.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:608_PAW_Kern_Mansfield.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986032","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138662751"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/richland-county/kern-rufus-a-house-83002034/"}