{"nrhp_refnum":"87001196","name":"Fife, Harry E., House","other_names":["Beck Home"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"606 McKinley Ave. SW","address_restricted":false,"city":"Canton","county":"Stark County","state":"OH","lat":40.79552475400004,"lon":-81.37926629799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-07-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story Shingle style single-family house at 606 McKinley Avenue SW in Canton, Stark County, Ohio, built in 1896 and designed by architect Guy Tilden for Harry E. Fife.","why_significant":"The nomination presents Guy Tilden as Canton's most important and prolific architect, with over 50 buildings in the city, most now demolished. This house is the most intact private residence by Tilden still standing in Canton. It was built for Harry E. Fife upon his marriage and has stayed in the same family since construction.","narrative":"Built in 1896 at 606 McKinley Avenue SW in Canton, this two-and-a-half-story Shingle style house was designed by Guy Tilden for Harry E. Fife upon his marriage. It has a frame structure with wood shingle walls, a gable roof with shingles, and a brick foundation. A full front porch with Doric columns leads to a recessed entrance with double doors. A three-faced tower dormer with a conical cap sits beside two other dormers, and the roof is asymmetrically sloped. Inside, decorative oak and cherry woodwork, a large stained glass window and beveled glass windows survive. A garage with Flemish gables and bull's-eye windows stands on the lot. Tilden was Canton's most prolific architect, credited with more than 50 buildings, most of which have been demolished. This house is the most intact private residence he designed that remains in the city, and it has stayed in one family since it was built. It now sits at the edge of downtown's commercial district.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Guy Tilden (architect); builder unknown","architectural_style":"Shingle","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a single residence; interior in excellent condition and exterior in good condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.876862-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/87001196.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001196/92a0c67092-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001196/92a0c67092-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Sanfranman59","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harry_E._Fife_House,_606_McKinley_Ave._SW,_Canton,_OH_7-23-2010_12-17-43_PM.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanfranman59</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harry_E._Fife_House,_606_McKinley_Ave._SW,_Canton,_OH_7-23-2010_12-17-43_PM.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986198","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_E._Fife_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5668533"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/stark-county/fife-harry-e-house-87001196/"}