{"nrhp_refnum":"86001914","name":"Erie Terminal Building-Commerce Plaza Building","other_names":["Station Place","Binama Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"112 W. Commerce St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Youngstown","county":"Mahoning County","state":"OH","lat":41.10181757400005,"lon":-80.65088137699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-07-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A six-story steel-frame office and railroad terminal building at 112 West Commerce Street, Youngstown, Ohio, built in 1922 and designed by local architect Paul Boucherle.","why_significant":"The building is cited as one of the few remaining structures tied to Youngstown's railroad history. It is also an early example of combining a passenger station with a private office building, a technique later seen in Cleveland's Terminal Tower. It is further noted as a landmark work of architect Paul Boucherle.","narrative":"Completed in 1922 at 112 West Commerce Street in Youngstown, this six-story building served as both the Erie Railroad's passenger station and a private office block. Architect Paul Boucherle designed it with a steel frame, buff brick walls, header-brick window framing and a limestone cornice with modillions. A rear platform with a copper shed roof ran the length of the building, and railroad rules required three elevators. The Erie Railroad and developer George Hamory backed the project. A larger station was planned but never built, and the building remained a passenger terminal until 1976. It is considered significant as one of the few surviving structures linked to Youngstown's railroad past, as an early example of mixing transportation and office uses under one roof, and as a clean-lined work by Boucherle, who later served as the city's building inspector and zoning engineer. Storefronts at street level were renovated in 1939.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Paul Boucherle (architect); N. Phelps listed as builder on the inventory form","architectural_style":"Classical Revival (simplified classical design)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Inventory form lists present use as commercial/vacant; exterior and interior in good condition. Passenger service ended in 1976 and the rail tracks were removed in 1985. New owners announced plans for apartments and a restored ground-floor lounge.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:15.018415-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/86001914.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001914/c53134c03f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001914/c53134c03f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Cards84664","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Youngstown_station_(Erie).png\" rel=\"noopener\">Cards84664</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Youngstown_station_(Erie).png"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985843","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youngstown_station_(Erie_Railroad)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105980483"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/mahoning-county/erie-terminal-building-commerce-plaza-building-86001914/"}