{"nrhp_refnum":"86003490","name":"East High Street Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by E. Chestnut St., S. Catherine St., E. Vine St., and S. Gay St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mount Vernon","county":"Knox County","state":"OH","lat":40.39267593200006,"lon":-82.48110137523308,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-03-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 45-acre historic district east of the central business district in Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, centered on East High Street and nearby sections of East Chestnut, Gay and East Vine Streets. It is mainly residential, with buildings dating from 1830 to 1925.","why_significant":"The district is nominated for its architectural significance as a well-preserved 19th and early 20th century neighborhood. Its development reflects the growing prosperity of Mount Vernon's residents from 1830 to 1925. It contains a wide range of styles, including Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Gothic Revival, Romanesque Revival and Chateauesque.","narrative":"East of downtown Mount Vernon, Ohio, the East High Street district is a neighborhood of about 45 acres built mostly between 1830 and 1925. It is chiefly residential, with large shade trees and brick side streets, and it also takes in parts of East Chestnut, Gay and East Vine Streets. Greek Revival houses from the 1840s were followed after the Civil War by many Italianate homes built for officers, officials, lawyers, merchants and contractors. Later Queen Anne, Chateauesque and Colonial Revival houses joined them. Public and religious buildings include the 1854 Greek Revival Knox County Courthouse, the 1836 Gothic Revival St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and the 1920s Georgian Revival Knox County Memorial Building. The district is listed for architecture and community development patterns that mirror the city's growth and prosperity. Its count includes 75 contributing buildings and 4 contributing sites. A few later or altered buildings are classed as intrusions, but the historic character remains largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1830-1925","architect_builder":"Frank L. Packard (designer of the Frank L. Beam Home); Amos J. Solomon (contractor who built his own house at 609 East High Street)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Second Empire, Gothic Revival, Romanesque Revival, Chateauesque, Georgian Revival, vernacular Victorian","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as well preserved, with the residential character surviving into the 1980s despite some post-1920 hospital, parking lot and church construction. Nine non-contributing buildings and five non-contributing sites are counted.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.591186-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/86003490.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003490/8adbb82317-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86003490/8adbb82317-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JBTHEMILKER","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:East_High_Street_Historic_District.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JBTHEMILKER</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:East_High_Street_Historic_District.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989511","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49485160"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/knox-county/east-high-street-historic-district-86003490/"}