{"nrhp_refnum":"85003513","name":"Laughlin, Homer, House","other_names":["Fraternal Order of Eagles"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"414 Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"East Liverpool","county":"Columbiana County","state":"OH","lat":40.617456265000044,"lon":-80.57703959299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-11-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Queen Anne residence at 414 Broadway in East Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio, built in 1882 by pottery manufacturer Homer Laughlin and later used as a fraternal lodge.","why_significant":"The nomination cites three grounds: its builder, Homer Laughlin, was a leading East Liverpool pottery manufacturer who founded the Homer Laughlin China Company in 1871. It is one of the few downtown properties still tied to the pottery industry, and it is distinctive for architectural terra cotta, a product of the local potteries. Its long use by the Fraternal Order of Eagles, since 1916, also reflects the community's social and cultural history.","narrative":"Built in 1882 at 414 Broadway in East Liverpool, Ohio, this two-story brick Queen Anne house was the residence of Homer Laughlin, who founded the Homer Laughlin China Company in 1871. The company moved across the Ohio River to Newell, West Virginia, in 1905 and remains one of the few major potteries still operating. The house is notable for its terra cotta ornament, a product of the East Liverpool potteries, along with stained glass windows and transoms, carved double doors, projecting bays, decorative porches, brackets and woodwork in the gable ends. The Fraternal Order of Eagles bought the building in 1916 and added a large rear section and enclosed the front porch. The nomination concludes that these changes did not compromise the building's form, roofline, openings or detailing. It is one of very few downtown properties left from the pottery era, and it reflects the role of fraternal lodges in local social life. A stone retaining wall and iron fence line the Broadway frontage.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Built by Homer Laughlin; architect and contractor unknown","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Used as a fraternal lodge by the Fraternal Order of Eagles since 1916; exterior described as deteriorated, with a rear addition and an enclosed front porch.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.852084-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/85003513.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003513/006cc00775-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003513/006cc00775-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Site_of_the_Homer_Laughlin_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Site_of_the_Homer_Laughlin_House.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/71984560","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Laughlin_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5890134"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/columbiana-county/laughlin-homer-house-85003513/"}