{"nrhp_refnum":"87000693","name":"Boom Town Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by W. Wooster, S. Church, N. Grove, N. Maple, and Buttonwood","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bowling Green","county":"Wood County","state":"OH","lat":41.37196702750006,"lon":-83.6524882112042,"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 residential historic district in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio, stretching south and west of the central business district along W. Wooster Street and parts of S. Church, N. Grove, N. Maple and Buttonwood. It covers about 32.5 acres of homes built mainly between about 1870 and 1910.","why_significant":"The district illustrates Bowling Green's early residential growth, driven by its designation as Wood County seat in 1867 and the 1886 discovery of nearby oil and natural gas. Its Victorian and Edwardian homes are described as among the finest in Northwest Ohio and as some of the best domestic design among comparable county seats and boom towns.","narrative":"Along West Wooster Street and several intersecting streets in Bowling Green, Ohio, a neighborhood of about 95 two-story houses preserves the look of the city's late nineteenth-century boom years. Most are frame, with some brick, and many have wrap-around porches, brackets, turned posts and carriage houses. Styles include Italianate, Queen Anne, Eastlake and Colonial or Georgian Revival. Two forces of growth shaped the area: Bowling Green's selection as Wood County seat, with the move completed around 1870, and the 1886 oil and gas discovery nearby, which set off a second wave of construction. The district was chosen as the most intact and coherent group of homes from that period. Its houses are described as among the best preserved collections of Victorian and Edwardian domestic architecture in Northwest Ohio. Non-contributing buildings include heavily remodeled older houses, newer garages and a c.1950 church annex.","period_of_significance":"c. 1870-1910","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate, Queen Anne, Eastlake, Colonial/Georgian Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Mostly occupied private residences, with some educational and commercial use; 136 contributing and 24 non-contributing buildings are counted.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.690011-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/87000693.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992024","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/wood-county/boom-town-historic-district-87000693/"}