{"nrhp_refnum":"83004379","name":"Libbey, Edward D., House","other_names":["Toledo Society for the Handicapped","See Also:Old West End Dis"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2008 Scottwood Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Toledo","county":"Lucas County","state":"OH","lat":41.64225227000003,"lon":-83.55800243899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-05-04","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1983-05-04","areas_of_significance":["Industry","Art"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2 1/2-story Shingle style house at 2008 Scottwood Avenue in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, built in 1895 and designed by architect David L. Stine as the residence of glass manufacturer Edward D. Libbey.","why_significant":"Libbey lived here from 1895 until his death in 1925, the years in which he and Michael J. Owens revolutionized the American glass industry through automatic glass-blowing machinery. The house is the only known surviving structure prominently associated with Libbey or the early Libbey Glass, Owens Bottle and Libbey-Owens Sheet Glass companies that has not been altered beyond recognition.","narrative":"Edward D. Libbey lived in this Shingle style house on Scottwood Avenue in Toledo from 1895 until his death in 1925. Architect David L. Stine, who also designed the Libbey factory at the 1893 Columbian Exposition, planned the 2 1/2-story residence, which is covered in yellow-painted shingles and has a round two-story tower, Greek Doric porch columns and a grand staircase. Inside are original brass hardware, five fireplaces, oak and walnut paneling and Libbey's hidden wall safe. During his years here, Libbey and Michael J. Owens developed machines that automated the blowing of light bulbs, bottles, tumblers and window glass, and Libbey helped found the Owens Bottle Company and the Libbey-Owens Sheet Glass Company. Other buildings linked to his career were demolished or drastically altered, leaving this house as the best surviving link. It remained a private home after his death and has served educational and social service uses since 1965.","period_of_significance":"1895-1925","architect_builder":"David L. Stine","architectural_style":"Shingle style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Well maintained and little altered; in use since 1965 by a charitable organization for educational and social service purposes, with a possible sale noted at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:10.00076-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/83004379_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004379/7dd819a376-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83004379/7dd819a376-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Ammodramus","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_D._Libbey_house_from_NW_2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ammodramus</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:Edward_D._Libbey_house_from_NW_2.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986517","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_D._Libbey_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5342501"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lucas-county/libbey-edward-d-house-83004379/"}