{"nrhp_refnum":"85000033","name":"Meek, J.F., Buildings","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"546 Chestnut St. and 213-215 N. Sixth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Coshocton","county":"Coshocton County","state":"OH","lat":40.27501643100004,"lon":-81.86177725299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-01-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A pair of buildings at 546 Chestnut Street and 213-215 N. Sixth Street in Coshocton, Ohio: the large three-story brick J.F. Meek House (1898) and a Tudor-style five-unit apartment building (1916) on the same corner lot.","why_significant":"The buildings are tied to J.F. Meek, a local industrialist and newspaper publisher whose work in specialty advertising and calendars helped create Coshocton's leading industry. They are also fine local examples of late Queen Anne and English-derived Tudor architecture. The apartment building is the only Tudor-style apartment building in town.","narrative":"On a prominent corner in Coshocton's residential district stand two buildings associated with J.F. Meek: his large brick house, dating to 1898, and a Tudor-style apartment building he erected in 1916. The house has a broad porch on stone piers, leaded glass windows, a hip roof with Palladian-windowed gables, and unusual molded brick forming curved corners. Inside is quarter-sawn oak woodwork. The apartment building holds five units, with slate roofing, half-timbered gables, buff brick and limestone trim. It carries the inscription \"Kiskiminetas\", named for his son's preparatory school. Meek was a newspaper publisher and editor who moved into commercial advertising, producing engraved trays and pioneering advertising calendars. Coshocton is still a major calendar and specialty advertising center because of his efforts. The property was listed as the major surviving group of buildings tied to Meek, and as good local examples of Queen Anne and Tudor design.","period_of_significance":"1898 and 1916","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Queen Anne (house) and Tudor (apartment building)","criteria":[],"status_note":"The form describes the house as well preserved and in relatively good condition. The first floor is used as offices and the upper floors as apartments. The Tudor apartment building is in good condition with few alterations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.470988-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/85000033.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"07000025","name":"Muskingum River Navigation Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/muskingum-river-navigation-historic-district-07000025/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71987267","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/coshocton-county/meek-j-f-buildings-85000033/"}