{"nrhp_refnum":"85003511","name":"City Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Sixth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"East Liverpool","county":"Columbiana County","state":"OH","lat":40.62017173900006,"lon":-80.58056933699999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-11-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story sandstone municipal building at West 6th Street in the central business district of East Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio, built in 1934 to a design by Charles Owsley.","why_significant":"The building is cited as an outstanding example of restrained Art Deco style used in 1930s public buildings. It is also significant politically as the seat of municipal government. Its verticality, recessed spandrels and stylized carvings in the central bay and entrance surround are noted features.","narrative":"East Liverpool's City Hall, on West 6th Street in the central business district, is a two-story Art Deco municipal building completed in 1934 to a design by Charles Owsley. It has a rectangular plan, a flat built-up roof and smooth dressed sandstone walls, with nine bays across the front and seven on the side. Decoration is concentrated in the central bay of the facade and around the entrance, where stylized carvings and recessed spandrels emphasize vertical lines. The site was once the residence of John Taylor, purchased before World War I for a new city hall; the house was razed and the lot served as a gas station until interest in a new building revived in 1926. The present building was constructed as a Civil Works Administration project. It is regarded as a restrained example of Art Deco as applied to public buildings of the 1930s and has remained the seat of local government, with a parking lot on its east side.","period_of_significance":"1934","architect_builder":"Charles Owsley","architectural_style":"Art Deco","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Condition listed as good on the interior and excellent on the exterior; still used as City Hall.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.120674-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/85003511.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003511/c3d344db03-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003511/c3d344db03-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:City_Hall,_East_Liverpool.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:City_Hall,_East_Liverpool.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"01000591","name":"East Liverpool Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/east-liverpool-downtown-historic-district-01000591/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71984562","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Hall_(East_Liverpool,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5123188"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/columbiana-county/city-hall-85003511/"}