{"nrhp_refnum":"84003802","name":"Building at 252-254 Park Avenue West","other_names":["Kerr Flats"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"252-254 Park Ave., W.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mansfield","county":"Richland County","state":"OH","lat":40.75909352100007,"lon":-82.52451865599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-02-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story wood-frame duplex apartment building, known as the Kerr Flatts, at 252-254 Park Avenue West in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, built around 1912 on an Ashland stone foundation.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant for its association with Charles K. King, the leading executive of the Ohio Brass Company, who lived there before creating Kingwood Center. It is also a distinctive Colonial Revival apartment building with thin two-story Ionic columns and cameo windows not found on other examples in Mansfield.","narrative":"Built around 1912 on Park Avenue West in Mansfield, Ohio, this two-and-a-half-story wood-frame building was originally a duplex apartment and was known in 1913 as the Kerr Flatts. It rests on an Ashland stone foundation under a complex hip roof. A front porch with two large Ionic columns, bay windows on the east and west sides, dentil work at the eaves and decorative oval windows on the second story mark its Colonial Revival design. The columns rise two full stories but are thinner than a strictly classical model would call for, and this treatment is not found on other Colonial Revival buildings in Mansfield. The building is also tied to Charles K. King, its first resident and the leading executive of the Ohio Brass Company, a major local manufacturer. King later moved farther west on the avenue and created the Kingwood Center estate. The building is now used commercially and its exterior is in very good condition.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Exterior condition is listed as very good; the building is in commercial use, with a paved front yard and a two-car garage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.924682-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/84003802.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003802/92c417d84b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84003802/92c417d84b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_at_252-254_Park_Avenue_West_in_Mansfield.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_at_252-254_Park_Avenue_West_in_Mansfield.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986064","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138663573"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/richland-county/building-at-252-254-park-avenue-west-84003802/"}