{"nrhp_refnum":"87001628","name":"Clemons, Alexander, House","other_names":["Old Stone House Bed and Breakfast Inn"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"133 Clemons St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Marblehead","county":"Ottawa County","state":"OH","lat":41.54251857700007,"lon":-82.72315841999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-09-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2-1/2 story limestone house at 133 Clemons Street in Marblehead, Ottawa County, Ohio, facing Lake Erie. It was built in 1861 for Alexander Clemons from stone quarried on his own property.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is a finely crafted example of Italianate massing with Greek Revival details, notable for facade stones fitted together without mortar. It is also tied to Alexander Clemons, a quarry developer and businessman who helped found the Lakeside camp meeting community, and it reflects the economic and social history of the Marblehead/Lakeside area.","narrative":"Built in 1861 on a limestone shelf overlooking Lake Erie at Marblehead, this large hip-roofed house was constructed for Alexander Clemons from limestone taken from his own quarry. Its massing is Italianate, while the Tuscan-columned entrance with sidelights and transom and the lintels and sills on the windows draw on Greek Revival design. The facade stones were dressed and cut to fit together without mortar, and a porch stair carries a hand-cut limestone handrail in a rolling wave pattern. Clemons came to the area in 1817 and, with his brothers, began quarrying on Kelleys Island before moving operations to Marblehead, where the stone supplied canals, lighthouses and other public works. He also donated land and helped organize the Lakeside camp meeting, later a permanent community. After his death in 1886 the house passed to his youngest son, Ai. The house remains a dominant presence among the smaller wooden buildings nearby.","period_of_significance":"1861-1886","architect_builder":"Alexander Clemons","architectural_style":"Italianate; Greek Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Historic and current use is a single dwelling; the form also lists it as a bed and breakfast inn under another name. A rear wing added in the 1930s holds a small apartment and garage, and the cupola was altered in 1970.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:15.110791-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/87001628.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001628/77b79f1a92-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001628/77b79f1a92-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MarbleheadOH_ClemonsHouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</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:MarbleheadOH_ClemonsHouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990839","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138646467"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/ottawa-county/clemons-alexander-house-87001628/"}