{"nrhp_refnum":"85000485","name":"Griffin, A. B.,-O. H. Griffin House","other_names":["Gladys Mileski House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"409 S. Walnut St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ravenna","county":"Portage County","state":"OH","lat":41.15443156400005,"lon":-81.23997097099993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-03-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Art","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, three-bay timber frame Greek Revival house at 409 South Walnut Street in Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio, built in 1843 by local cabinetmaker A.B. Griffin.","why_significant":"The 1987 amended statement says the house is a fine example of Greek Revival architecture in the Western Reserve of northeast Ohio. It is also significant for preserving the work of A.B. Griffin, a local craftsman and perhaps Ravenna's most outstanding early cabinetmaker. It retains finer interior craftsmanship than the neighboring Griffin house.","narrative":"This two-story, gable-front timber frame house at 409 South Walnut Street in Ravenna, Ohio, was built in 1843 by cabinetmaker A.B. Griffin. It shows typical Greek Revival features, including a molded entablature, end returns, and an entablature hood over a six-panel door, and it represents a common house type of the Western Reserve in that period. A one-and-one-half-story rear section on five levels held Griffin's cabinet shop. Griffin is regarded as perhaps the most outstanding cabinetmaker of early Ravenna, and his work was shown at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition and is preserved by the Portage County Historical Society. In 1847 he sold the house to his brother, O.H. Griffin, also a cabinetmaker, and built another house on the adjacent lot. The house stayed in the O.H. Griffin family until about 1930, later fell into disrepair, and was then restored. It is valued for its little-altered condition and its fine interior craftsmanship.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"A.B. Griffin","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as well maintained with very little alteration; restored after a period of disrepair.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.500005-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/85000485.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000485/1c0fa1fe72-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000485/1c0fa1fe72-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jennielee543","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AB_Griffin-OH.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jennielee543</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AB_Griffin-OH.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990971","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138654067"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/portage-county/griffin-a-b-o-h-griffin-house-85000485/"}