{"nrhp_refnum":"83002048","name":"Stewart Towers","other_names":["Walpark Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"13 Park Ave., W.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mansfield","county":"Richland County","state":"OH","lat":40.75852499100006,"lon":-82.51639059299998,"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":"Stewart Towers, originally the Walpark Building, is a six-story steel-frame and brick commercial building at the southeast corner of Park Avenue West and Walnut Street in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, built around 1922.","why_significant":"The building is described as a fine example of Neoclassical terra-cotta commercial architecture, distinguished by ornate terra-cotta on its top floor. It is the only commercial building in Mansfield to use multicolored terra-cotta this way. It is also a landmark of the 1920s building boom that reshaped downtown Mansfield and made Park Avenue West a major commercial street.","narrative":"Stewart Towers, first known as the Walpark Building, is a six-story commercial building at the southeast corner of Park Avenue West and Walnut Street in Mansfield, Ohio. It was built around 1922 on the site of the old city hall and market building, after the property was sold to private interests for $87,000. The name came from its location at Walnut Street and Park Avenue. Its steel frame is clad in brick, with a stone curtain wall at the base, a brick shaft of paired windows, and a top floor sheathed in tan terra cotta against a blue background. That upper level carries botanical and geometric patterns, festoons, dentilwork and a projecting cornice. It is the only commercial building in Mansfield to use multicolored terra cotta in this way. The building is also a landmark of the 1920s building boom that changed downtown Mansfield and helped Park Avenue West rival North Main Street as a commercial street.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Neoclassical terra-cotta commercial architecture","criteria":[],"status_note":"Inventory form lists present use as commercial, with exterior condition good.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.633768-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/83002048.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83002048/e11fd6ac57-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83002048/e11fd6ac57-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:13_PAW_Stewart_Towers_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:13_PAW_Stewart_Towers_Mansfield.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100004214","name":"Downtown Mansfield Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/downtown-mansfield-historic-district-100004214/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986070","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138663222"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/richland-county/stewart-towers-83002048/"}