{"nrhp_refnum":"86001564","name":"Southern Park Stable","other_names":["Jenkins Residence"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"126 Washington Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boardman","county":"Mahoning County","state":"OH","lat":41.00139749300007,"lon":-80.65795067499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-07-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A T-shaped horse stable at 126 Washington Boulevard in Boardman, Ohio, set on about eight acres of fenced pasture. It dates from the early 1910s and is the last surviving part of the Southern Park Race Track complex.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the stable is the only remaining piece of Southern Park Race Track, described in 1915 as one of the finest half-mile tracks in the world. It was developed by local leaders David Tod, David Tod Arrel and Henry H. Stambaugh, who helped turn Boardman from farmland into a suburb. It is also presented as the last tangible link to the community's early twentieth-century past.","narrative":"Set in eight acres of fenced pasture off Washington Boulevard in Boardman, this T-shaped brick-gated stable is all that remains of the Southern Park Race Track. The complex opened in 1908 on 55 acres with five stables, a grandstand, a dance hall and a half-mile track that a 1915 trade magazine called the finest of its size in the world. The surviving stable belonged to David Tod Arrel and holds nine stalls, tack and feed rooms, and a working feed bin and loft under a steep gable roof with cupolas and dormers. In 1942 a living room and a garage were added on either side, turning it into a stable-and-house combination without damaging the original fabric. The track closed in 1933 and suburban housing and shopping developments replaced it. The stable is valued as Boardman's last visible link to the racing era and to the leaders who helped shape the township's growth.","period_of_significance":"1912-1916","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; altered in 1942 with a living/dining room on the west and a garage on the east, while the original stalls, feed bin and loft remain intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:15.149611-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/86001564.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001564/5b596dfcff-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001564/5b596dfcff-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southern_Park_Stable_in_Boardman.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southern_Park_Stable_in_Boardman.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990158","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138561760"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/mahoning-county/southern-park-stable-86001564/"}