{"nrhp_refnum":"85003516","name":"Patterson, Mary A., Memorial","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E. Fourth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"East Liverpool","county":"Columbiana County","state":"OH","lat":40.61764074600006,"lon":-80.57822067599994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-11-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story brick building on East Fourth Street in downtown East Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio, built in 1924-26 by Monroe Patterson in memory of his wife. It was originally an apartment/hotel for single women and is now used as offices.","why_significant":"The form argues it is significant for architecture as an example of Renaissance Revival-inspired institutional design, unusual in East Liverpool because of its size. It is also significant in the area's social and cultural history as an effort to address a problem created by the ceramics industry and its workforce of young single women.","narrative":"Built between 1924 and 1926, this four-story brick building on East Fourth Street in downtown East Liverpool was funded by Monroe Patterson as a memorial to his wife, Mary. Its purpose was to provide lodging for single women who came to the city to work, mainly in the ceramics industry, which employed many young unmarried women. The symmetrical facade has a central entrance flanked by columns, round-arched second-floor openings with stone keystones, rectangular windows elsewhere, and decorative swags, wreaths and a simple cornice. The walls are brick laid in stretcher bond, with a flat built-up roof. It sits close to the street beside the Carnegie Library, on the southern edge of downtown. The building was recognized for its Renaissance Revival-inspired institutional design, which is unusual in East Liverpool because of its size, and for its role in addressing a social problem tied to the local ceramics workforce. Its exterior is well preserved, and it now houses offices.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Classical influence; Renaissance Revival-inspired institutional architecture","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Present use is offices; exterior condition is good and interior condition is unknown. The form notes a possible sale as a threat.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:15.228207-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/85003516.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003516/af0e0d735e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85003516/af0e0d735e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mary_A._Patterson_Memorial,_East_Liverpool.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mary_A._Patterson_Memorial,_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/71984570","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_A._Patterson_Memorial","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6778769"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/columbiana-county/patterson-mary-a-memorial-85003516/"}