{"nrhp_refnum":"88000719","name":"Tripp-Bauer Building","other_names":["Bauer Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"51--53 N. Jackson St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"South Webster","county":"Scioto County","state":"OH","lat":38.81664899900005,"lon":-82.72633554899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-06-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-part frame commercial building at 51-53 North Jackson Street in South Webster, Scioto County, Ohio, built in 1902 by contractor William E. Tripp. It has a two-story main section and a one-story attached storefront.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant under Criterion C as an excellent example of commercial vernacular architecture. Its carved brackets, overhanging eaves and parapet walls recall the Italianate style and give a frame building the look of solid brick. It also housed the commercial and social life of South Webster, including a second-floor ballroom, and is the most outstanding of the few remaining historic commercial buildings in the village.","narrative":"Built in 1902 by contractor William E. Tripp, this frame commercial building at 51-53 North Jackson Street dominates the main street of South Webster, Ohio. It has a two-story main section with two storefronts and a one-story storefront attached beside it. Carved brackets, overhanging eaves and a parapet wall with a low central pediment recall the Italianate style and make the wooden structure look like solid brick. Inside, the ground floor held a hardware store, dry goods store, grocery and shoe store, and traces such as ladder tracks, ceiling hooks and a Cincinnati-made safe remain. The second-floor ballroom hosted minstrel shows, basketball games, boxing matches and lodge meetings. E. W. Bauer bought the building in 1917, and the family ran it until 1955. The building is recognized as an excellent example of vernacular commercial architecture and as a reminder of the town's prosperous railroad, brickyard and mining era, as most of its contemporaries have been demolished.","period_of_significance":"1902","architect_builder":"William E. Tripp, contractor","architectural_style":"Italianate (vernacular commercial building reminiscent of Italianate)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"At the time of the nomination the first floor held a restaurant and an upholstery shop; the rear of the one-story section had partly collapsed and was being stabilized. Many windows and some doors were boarded, and the form describes the building as retaining good integrity despite years of disrepair.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.28051-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/88000719.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71991249","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/scioto-county/tripp-bauer-building-88000719/"}