{"nrhp_refnum":"86002865","name":"May Realty Building","other_names":["May Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"22--32 S. Park St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mansfield","county":"Richland County","state":"OH","lat":40.75786979500003,"lon":-82.51483562499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-10-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story commercial and apartment building at 22-32 South Park Street in downtown Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, built in 1905-06 by the May Realty Company and designed by architect Vernon Redding.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is Mansfield's best remaining example of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, a style that gained popularity in the city in the early 20th century. It is also significant as the work of Vernon Redding, one of the city's most prominent early 20th century architects. It is the surviving one of his two Spanish Colonial Revival commercial buildings in Mansfield.","narrative":"Built in 1905-06 on Mansfield's public square, this three-story building combines ground-floor shops with apartments above. The May Realty Company erected it at a cost of $55,000, continuing the name of the May family, who had occupied the site since the early 19th century. Architect Vernon Redding gave it a buff-colored facade, glazed terra cotta trim, a central Flemish gable on the parapet, and double-tiered wooden oriel bays that originally had red tile roofs. When it opened in 1906, the eastern storefronts housed the Orpheum Theater, a vaudeville house that left in 1913. The building is considered the city's best surviving Spanish Colonial Revival design and the work of one of its leading early 20th century architects. Redding chose the style for both of his Mansfield commercial buildings; the other, the Ford Apartments Building, was demolished to make way for City Hall. Several original storefront features and pressed metal ceilings remain.","period_of_significance":"1905-06","architect_builder":"Vernon Redding","architectural_style":"Spanish Colonial Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Listed as occupied, with commercial and private residence uses; the ground-floor storefronts retain their original configuration with some new infill, and the upper floors are divided into apartments.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.029251-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/86002865.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002865/56627ea75e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002865/56627ea75e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:May_Realty_Building_in_Mansfield.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:May_Realty_Building_in_Mansfield.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100004214","name":"Downtown Mansfield Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/ohio/downtown-mansfield-historic-district-100004214/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991116","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138663650"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/richland-county/may-realty-building-86002865/"}