{"nrhp_refnum":"85000563","name":"Jones, Elijah Pelton, House","other_names":["Lynn Mawr Inn"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"313 East Sandusky St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Findlay","county":"Hancock County","state":"OH","lat":41.03673319400008,"lon":-83.64585719899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-03-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick Second Empire house at 313 East Sandusky Street in Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, built about 1863 for banker Elijah Pelton Jones, with a rear carriage house.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is one of the finest Second Empire buildings in Findlay and retains its nineteenth century features and massive size better than five similar buildings. It is also tied to Elijah Pelton Jones, who founded the First National Bank of Findlay in 1863 and shaped the town's commercial growth during the gas and oil boom.","narrative":"Built around 1863, this three-story brick house at 313 East Sandusky Street in Findlay, Ohio, is a prominent example of Second Empire design. It has a mansard roof with fish scale tiles, elliptically arched dormers with carved lintels, scroll-like cornice brackets, corbelled brick chimneys and a porch added about 1890. A rear carriage house with carved wooden eaves resembles a train depot. Inside are etched wallpaper, carved mantels, parquet floors, a circular wood staircase and a dining room ceiling with massive carved beams. The house was built for Elijah Pelton Jones (1820-1894), who founded the First National Bank of Findlay in 1863 and served as its first president. He also owned real estate and financed oil wells during the gas and oil boom. The house is considered one of the finest Second Empire buildings in the city and keeps more of its original features than five similar buildings. After Jones died, it became a rooming house, the Lynn Mawr Inn, in 1921.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899 (specific date ca. 1863)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Second Empire, with Italianate bracket details","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Occupied; used as a rooming house known as the Lynn Mawr Inn from 1921 to the time of the nomination, with condition rated fair and unaltered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.706111-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/85000563.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000563/f0e9a1eafb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000563/f0e9a1eafb-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"User:Pepsi2786","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elijah_Pelton_Jones_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Pepsi2786</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elijah_Pelton_Jones_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989277","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138358998"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hancock-county/jones-elijah-pelton-house-85000563/"}