{"nrhp_refnum":"90002211","name":"Simmons, Edwin H., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"10302 Fremont Pike","address_restricted":false,"city":"Perrysburg","county":"Wood County","state":"OH","lat":41.545931549000045,"lon":-83.59214186899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-02-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, balloon-frame Gabled-Ell farmhouse at 10302 Fremont Pike (US Route 20) in Perrysburg Township, Wood County, Ohio, built in 1887 by Edwin H. Simmons, with a ca. 1911 garage and a woven wire fence on a 1.83-acre parcel.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an intact example of a rural building type reflecting the farming and homesteading of Perrysburg Township after the Black Swamp was drained by open ditches. Its Gabled-Ell form with Eastlake-influenced applied ornament on the porch is not matched by other recorded properties in the township. The farm is also described as a threatened reminder of early homesteading amid development pressure.","narrative":"This two-story farmhouse on Fremont Pike (US Route 20) in Perrysburg Township, Ohio, was built in 1887 by Edwin H. Simmons on land his family had held since 1879. It is a balloon-frame Gabled Ell, with a half I-house section joined to a perpendicular wing, clad in shiplap siding. The front porch has turned posts, jigsaw-cut brackets and Eastlake-influenced incised ornament, and the window and door lintels carry similar motifs. A side \"funeral door\" off the parlor allowed a coffin to be removed horizontally, since funerals were once held at home. A ca. 1911 garage built for the family's Overland automobile and a woven wire fence also contribute. The house was built as ditching turned the Black Swamp into productive farmland. Alterations have been minor, and the surrounding 40-acre farm is still cultivated while new development closes in around it. The nomination found it locally significant for its architecture and its link to local farming history.","period_of_significance":"1887","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular (Gabled Ell with Eastlake influence)","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still a single-family dwelling; the 40 acres historically associated with the house remain in agricultural use. Described as having a high degree of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.39436-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/90002211.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90002211/cf02d26a0e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90002211/cf02d26a0e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edwin_H._Simmons_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edwin_H._Simmons_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992034","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138773826"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/wood-county/simmons-edwin-h-house-90002211/"}