{"nrhp_refnum":"83002035","name":"Krause, John, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"428 Park Ave., W.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mansfield","county":"Richland County","state":"OH","lat":40.75922849600005,"lon":-82.53133372699995,"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 brick Prairie Style house at 428 Park Avenue West, at the corner of Penn Avenue in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, built around 1920 for John Krause.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a large, rare example of Prairie Style architecture with distinctive ornament, in a city where few examples of the style exist. It was built by a leader of Mansfield's corporate and financial world, which shows that Park Avenue remained the city's prime residential neighborhood in the early 20th century. It also sits on part of U.S. Senator John Sherman's former estate.","narrative":"This two-story brick house at 428 Park Avenue West in Mansfield, Ohio, was built around 1920 for John Krause, president of the Mansfield Ice Company and vice president of the Bank of Mansfield. It occupies the northeast corner of Park and Penn Avenues, on part of the former estate of U.S. Senator John Sherman. An obelisk at the southwest corner marks the boundary of the old Sherman mansion grounds. The house is a Prairie Style design, with smooth surfaces, strong horizontal lines, a gable roof of Spanish tile with flared overhanging eaves, and casement windows. A broad front porch rests on three massive bracketed columns, and brick patterns, keystones and stone string courses add detail. Few Prairie examples exist in the city, which makes this large, ornamented house unusual in a turn-of-the-century neighborhood. Its construction by a prominent business leader also shows that Park Avenue stayed the city's favored residential street. The house now serves as offices and remains well maintained.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Prairie Style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Used as offices; interior and exterior in good condition, with the interior partially modernized for the office conversion.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.959003-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/83002035.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83002035/db9433bbf9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83002035/db9433bbf9-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Krause_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Krause_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986034","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138662767"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/richland-county/krause-john-house-83002035/"}