{"nrhp_refnum":"87000632","name":"Jones-Read-Touvelle House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"435 E. Park St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wauseon","county":"Fulton County","state":"OH","lat":41.543256744000075,"lon":-84.13938949799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-05-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Italianate house with a Queen Anne porch at 435 E. Park Street in Wauseon, Fulton County, Ohio, built about 1875 and facing South Park, with a c. 1876 board and batten barn on the lot.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an excellent example of late 19th century residential architecture that successfully combines the Italianate and Queen Anne styles. It also reflects the early growth of Wauseon after it became the county seat in 1872. It is associated with the Read and Touvelle families, including druggist John A. Read and lawyer and U.S. consul William W. Touvelle.","narrative":"Built around 1875, this two-story brick house on East Park Street in Wauseon faces an open square known as South Park. Its Italianate design includes a truncated hip roof, paired brackets under broad eaves, segmental brick arches over the windows, and double front doors. An elaborate Queen Anne porch, added about 1890, wraps the front and south sides, with lathe-turned posts, spindles and pendant brackets still intact. Inside, the house retains varied natural woodwork, a marble fireplace, a beamed dining room ceiling and original fretwork. A c. 1876 board and batten barn survives behind the house. Dr. Philo E. Jones apparently built the house during Wauseon's early growth after it became the county seat in 1872. John A. Read, a leading druggist, bought it in 1876. His son-in-law William W. Touvelle, a lawyer, Republican figure and U.S. consul to Belfast, lived there with his family, which owned the house until 1979.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown; apparently built by Dr. Philo E. Jones","architectural_style":"Italianate with Queen Anne porch","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Occupied private residence in excellent condition; the current owners have begun a maintenance and restoration plan. The barn is now used as a garage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.346661-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/87000632.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000632/15530970fa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000632/15530970fa-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jones-Read-Touvelle_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jones-Read-Touvelle_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988628","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones%E2%80%93Read%E2%80%93Touvelle_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6275100"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/fulton-county/jones-read-touvelle-house-87000632/"}