{"nrhp_refnum":"90000948","name":"Perrysburg Historic District (Boundary Increase)","other_names":["See Also:Perrysburg Historic District"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly Maumee R. frontage from Pine to E. Boundary and S side of E. Second St. from Locust to Hickory","address_restricted":false,"city":"Perrysburg","county":"Wood County","state":"OH","lat":39.75979115350006,"lon":-83.56517810190513,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-06-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary increase to the Perrysburg Historic District in Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio, adding 59 contributing and 20 noncontributing buildings along the Maumee River, including parts of East and West Front and Second Streets, Riverside Park and Hood Park.","why_significant":"The expanded district would hold the largest and most cohesive collection of high-style mid-19th to mid-20th century homes in Perrysburg, plus the historic central business district. It reflects the town's growth from a prosperous river port and county seat into a residential suburb of Toledo. The added areas show the community's early 20th century development.","narrative":"Perrysburg's historic district extends along the Maumee River, and this boundary increase adds parts of East and West Front Street, East and West Second Street, Riverside Park and Hood Park. The district takes in houses and commercial blocks built from the 1830s into the 1930s, in styles from Greek Revival and Gothic Revival to Italianate, Queen Anne, Shingle, Colonial Revival and Bungalow. Landmarks include St. Rose of Lima Church, the former Exchange Hotel and the 1906 Water Works, now a boat club. The area matters because it shows how Perrysburg changed. Founded in 1816 and named for Oliver Hazard Perry, it became a county seat and a leading Lake Erie shipping and shipbuilding port. Loss of the county seat in 1870, river and canal changes favoring Toledo, and a streetcar link in 1894 turned it into a residential suburb. The enlarged district holds the town's most cohesive group of high-style homes and its historic business center.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Mid-19th century Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Shingle; 20th century Colonial Revival, Bungalow, Jacobethan Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Houses, commercial buildings and a church remain in use; the former Exchange Hotel is now apartments and the former Water Works houses the Perrysburg Boat Club.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:15.10955-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/90000948.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992042","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/wood-county/perrysburg-historic-district-boundary-increase-90000948/"}