{"nrhp_refnum":"86000240","name":"Gertenslager Carriage and Wagon Company","other_names":["Reed Warehouse"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"572 E. Liberty","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wooster","county":"Wayne County","state":"OH","lat":40.76364401100005,"lon":-81.93204693099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-02-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story and two-story L-shaped brick factory building at 572 East Liberty Street in Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio, built in 1908 to house a buggy and carriage factory.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building reflects Wooster's industrial heritage tied to the agricultural economy of Wayne County. It is described as the only large industrial complex in the city to survive in nearly original condition, and a rare intact example of turn-of-the-century industrial architecture. It also records the Gertenslager family's role in the local economy.","narrative":"Built in 1908 on East Liberty Street in Wooster, this L-shaped brick factory was constructed for the Gertenslager Carriage and Wagon Company. The south section rises three stories above an exposed basement, with eight nearly identical bays and more than one hundred segmental-arched windows. The east wing along Spink Street is two stories. Inside, open floors with heavy timber supports once held a showroom, stock storage, woodturning, upholstery and paint shops, a blacksmith shop and wheel storage. The company moved from carriages to truck bodies and automobile tops, and by 1930 it had relocated to a larger complex. Later tenants included a farm implement dealer, a paint shop and a moving and storage company. The building was listed as the only large industrial complex in Wooster to survive in nearly original condition, and as a landmark representing the city's small-scale industry tied to Wayne County agriculture.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Turn-of-the-century industrial architecture","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Occupied; the building is described as in good condition, altered only by a minor addition in the 1920s, and today serves as headquarters of a moving and storage company.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.609896-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/86000240.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000240/20ad71d2bd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000240/20ad71d2bd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Publichall","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gertenslager_carriage_works_-_Wooster,_Ohio.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Publichall</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:Gertenslager_carriage_works_-_Wooster,_Ohio.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991974","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138765769"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/wayne-county/gertenslager-carriage-and-wagon-company-86000240/"}