{"nrhp_refnum":"87000422","name":"Belmont Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Barrister, John, Jefferson, Sycamore, and Bridge Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Belmont","county":"Belmont County","state":"OH","lat":40.02819984900006,"lon":-81.04050292396232,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-03-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Community Planning and Development","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A district of 139 buildings covering the original plat of the village of Belmont, Belmont County, Ohio, plus an area extending south along Jefferson Street. It was laid out by Joseph Wright, and its buildings date from about 1810 through the 1920s.","why_significant":"The nomination points to Belmont's role as a railroad village with a notable tobacco industry, including seven cigar factories, and as a major horse and livestock shipping point. It also cites the unusual \"coffin\"-shaped plat and a largely intact set of vernacular, Greek Revival and Queen Anne buildings. A few high-style buildings, such as the Belmont National Bank, stand out among the modest vernacular dwellings.","narrative":"Belmont is a small railroad village in Belmont County, Ohio, and its historic district takes in the original plat plus a stretch of Jefferson Street to the south. Joseph Wright laid out the unusual elongated, \"coffin\"-shaped plat, with corner streets running at 45-degree angles. The district holds 139 buildings dating from about 1810 to the 1920s, mostly modest wood-frame houses with Gothic and Greek Revival detailing, along with log houses later sided over. Jefferson Street forms the commercial core, with brick and wood stores, a Richardsonian bank built in 1895 and altered in 1900, and Queen Anne houses such as the Dr. Lindley Schooley House. The village's economy rested on the railroad. Seven cigar factories operated here, and Cooper Acton's factory produced 4.2 million cigars in 1910. Belmont also became eastern Ohio's largest horse market and a major livestock shipping point. Early garages, a telephone company and a movie theatre reflect its growth into the twentieth century.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Joseph Wright (plat); J. H. Colley (builder); \"Buck\" McAllister (builder of a storeroom)","architectural_style":"Vernacular with Greek Revival, Gothic, Queen Anne, Richardsonian and Italianate elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Of 139 buildings, 17 are intrusive, such as trailer homes, modern ranch houses and recent commercial structures. Some buildings are vacant, including the Thornberry General Store, and the former Iddings Wool House is empty. The Belmont National Bank building is now a lace and textile museum.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.806992-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/87000422.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000422/9675edfb29-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000422/9675edfb29-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Bwsmith84 (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Belmont_Ohio_Historic_District.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bwsmith84 (talk)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Belmont_Ohio_Historic_District.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986807","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmont_Historic_District_(Belmont,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4884373"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/belmont-county/belmont-historic-district-87000422/"}