{"nrhp_refnum":"84000459","name":"Bronson Place","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Cherry St., Central and Franklin Aves.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Toledo","county":"Lucas County","state":"OH","lat":41.67763744350003,"lon":-83.54717613989216,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-11-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Landscape Architecture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A privately owned, planned residential district of about 6 acres in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, with homes built between 1899 and 1913 around a landscaped oval park off Cherry Street.","why_significant":"It is argued to be the first non-profit, incorporated neighborhood in Toledo (1913), an early model for later incorporated communities such as Ottawa Hills. It is also a significant planned community with a fine collection of early twentieth century period revival houses and landscaped lots. It represents the residential work of Toledo architect Harry Wachter.","narrative":"Bronson Place is a secluded residential cul-de-sac in Toledo, Ohio, about two miles from the central business district. Roughly twenty-nine lots loop around a shared, landscaped oval park, and the surviving houses were built between 1899 and 1913 in Colonial Revival, Dutch Colonial, Tudor Revival and Craftsman styles. Much of the work is credited to Toledo architect Harry Wachter. Land owner Samuel Brinkerhoff had the first four homes built in 1899, and realtor Elmer H. Close developed most of the rest. In 1913 residents incorporated the Bronson Place Company to jointly maintain the boulevard, park, lights and sidewalks, making it Toledo's first non-profit incorporated neighborhood. That arrangement influenced later communities, including Ottawa Hills and Brickhead Place. The district was listed for its community planning, landscape architecture and architecture, and for its largely intact early twentieth century character, with only minor alterations such as aluminum siding on some houses.","period_of_significance":"1899-1913","architect_builder":"Principally, Harry Wachter","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival, Dutch Colonial, Tudor Revival and Craftsman Cottage, with the heaviest emphasis on Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as excellent to fair; most houses are occupied, a few have aluminum siding, and one house was demolished in 1974 after a fire.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.928563-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/84000459.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989991","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/lucas-county/bronson-place-84000459/"}