{"nrhp_refnum":"89000424","name":"House at 1022 West Main Street","other_names":["Hobart Welded Steel House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1022 W. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Troy","county":"Miami County","state":"OH","lat":40.045117478000066,"lon":-84.21702954999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-05-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Engineering","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story prefabricated welded steel house at 1022 West Main Street in the Edgehill subdivision of Troy, Miami County, Ohio, built in 1941 by the Hobart Brothers and the Hobart Welded Steel House Co. It has a one-car steel garage on the lot.","why_significant":"It is described as the best unaltered example of a Hobart Dutch Colonial steel house, one of 21 remaining. It was built entirely of lightweight welded steel with no bolts, and combines a Dutch Colonial outline with a streamlined Moderne look. Its significance despite being under 50 years old is justified as a continuation of the Hobarts' early 1930s venture into steel housing.","narrative":"Built in 1941 at 1022 West Main Street in Troy, Ohio, this two-story house was fabricated entirely of 18-gauge welded steel at the Hobart factory on West Main Street and delivered to the Edgehill subdivision by truck. Designed and built by the Hobart Brothers, it is one of 21 surviving Hobart steel houses and no bolts were used in its assembly. The Hobart Welded Steel House Co. kept it as a rental until selling it in 1944. The house has three bays, a steel gambrel roof with two gabled dormers, a central chimney and original sixteen-light casement windows. Flat walls, rounded corners and horizontal bands give the traditional Dutch Colonial outline a Moderne appearance. It is regarded as the best unaltered example of its type. The original one-car steel garage, one of only two left, remains on the lot with a replacement gabled roof. Listing recognized its architecture, materials and construction technique.","period_of_significance":"1941","architect_builder":"Hobart Welded Steel House Co; designed and built by the Hobart Brothers","architectural_style":"Dutch Colonial","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Interior and exterior condition listed as excellent; in use as a single family dwelling and meticulously maintained.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.833056-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/89000424.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000424/4d144c2a12-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000424/4d144c2a12-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_at_1022_West_Main_Street.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_at_1022_West_Main_Street.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71985905","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138589753"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/miami-county/house-at-1022-west-main-street-89000424/"}