{"nrhp_refnum":"83004336","name":"Second Street Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"2nd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Portsmouth","county":"Scioto County","state":"OH","lat":38.73104015150005,"lon":-82.98791268881592,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-11-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A seven-block residential historic district along Second Street on the bluff above the Ohio River in Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio, running from house number 837 east to Offnere Street. It includes 71 contributing structures built mostly between about 1850 and 1915.","why_significant":"The district represents Portsmouth's most dynamic growth period, from 1850 to after the turn of the century, when the city's river and industrial economy flourished. Its houses reflect the steamboat, iron, brick-making and shoe-manufacturing industries and range from merchants and managers to bankers and industrialists. It also shows a broad run of architectural styles from Greek Revival to Queen Anne and early twentieth-century types.","narrative":"Second Street in Portsmouth, Ohio, runs along a tree-lined bluff above the Ohio River, and seven blocks of it form a residential historic district of 71 contributing structures. Most are frame houses, and Queen Anne examples are the most numerous at twenty-nine. Other styles include Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Italian Villa, an outstanding Georgian Revival house of 1900, and a large American Foursquare of about 1910. The street housed merchants, managers, bankers and industrialists tied to the city's steamboat building, iron works, brick making and shoe manufacturing. It was the city's most important residential area during much of the period from 1850 to the early twentieth century. After the 1913 flood, wealthier residents moved up the hillside. Later decades brought blight and the growth of Shawnee State Community College, which cleared two blocks. Some remaining historic buildings have since been converted to student housing. Newer intrusions exist but do not greatly alter the scale and residential character.","period_of_significance":"1850-1915","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Victorian Italianate, Italian Villa, Queen Anne, Georgian Revival, American Foursquare","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Mostly occupied, mainly as private residences. Some historic buildings have been converted to apartments or student housing, and a few intrusions such as a gas station, apartment complexes, a synagogue and ranch houses are noted.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.215872-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/83004336.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991259","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/scioto-county/second-street-historic-district-83004336/"}